Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Nursing Assistant - Mental Health Care Division Recruitment Event

The closing date is 21 September 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about providing high-quality care and making a real difference in people's lives? We're looking for dedicatedNursing Assistants to join our teams across several services.

We're recruiting for the following locations:

Clock View Hospital - Liverpool
Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre - Knowsley
Hollins Park Hospital - Warrington
The Brooker Centre - Halton
Hartley Hospital - Southport
Broadoak Hospital - Liverpool
Peasley Cross - St Helens

Essential Requirement:

Previous experience in a care-related role is required.

Recruitment Process:

Assessment Day: 2 October 2025 - Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend.
Interview Day: 9 October 2025 - Candidates who pass the assessment will be invited for interview.

Don't miss this opportunity to take the next step in your care career with us!

Main duties of the job

You will support the clinical team in the delivery of a high standard of care by assisting with and carrying out a range of duties as directed by registered staff. This will be in line with individual care and treatment plans for patients and service users.

You will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients, service users and their carers ensuring they are at the centre of care and treatment planning.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Date posted

16 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-MHC7222314-L

Job locations

Various Sites

Warrington/Knowsley/Liverpool/St Helens/Halton

L34 1PJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Mental Health Care Division

This clinical division provides mental health, brain injury and addiction services in different areas across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Warrington.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Mental Health Care Division

This clinical division provides mental health, brain injury and addiction services in different areas across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Warrington.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a care setting.
Understanding of issues of confidentiality.

Desirable

Experience of individuals with mental health problems or personal lived experience of mental health problems.

Qualifications

Essential

Health and Social Care Level 2 qualification or equivalent experience.

Desirable

Care Certificate.
Phlebotomy trained.
Physical Health competency basic passport.
MEWS
Level 2 Smoking Cessation.
Good standard of education.
Qualification in craft, domestic skills, leisure or health equivalent to City & Guild Part 1, or 2 year experience working in a health setting.
Willing to work towards Level 3 Health Care qualification.

Skills

Essential

Able to communicate effectively
Ability to work as a member of a team
Ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude
Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner
Ability to provide support and guidance to junior staff

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a care setting.
Understanding of issues of confidentiality.

Desirable

Experience of individuals with mental health problems or personal lived experience of mental health problems.

Qualifications

Essential

Health and Social Care Level 2 qualification or equivalent experience.

Desirable

Care Certificate.
Phlebotomy trained.
Physical Health competency basic passport.
MEWS
Level 2 Smoking Cessation.
Good standard of education.
Qualification in craft, domestic skills, leisure or health equivalent to City & Guild Part 1, or 2 year experience working in a health setting.
Willing to work towards Level 3 Health Care qualification.

Skills

Essential

Able to communicate effectively
Ability to work as a member of a team
Ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude
Ability to work on own initiative under the supervision of a qualified practitioner
Ability to provide support and guidance to junior staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Various Sites

Warrington/Knowsley/Liverpool/St Helens/Halton

L34 1PJ

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Various Sites

Warrington/Knowsley/Liverpool/St Helens/Halton

L34 1PJ

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)