Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-CC7859260
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Picton Neighbourhood Health Centre
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Assistant
Band 3
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
The postholder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team and will assist and support the clinical team(s). This may include working within the patient’s home environment and other clinical settings within community.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care and support under the supervision of a registered nurse to a defined population. Supported by the nursing team they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients and support the delivery of policy and procedures.
Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
2. Undertake a range of patient interventions within the scope of NVQ level 3 skills for patients as
delegated by team leader or other qualified clinical staff.
3. Offer advice to patients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion,
lifestyle advice and self-care.
4. Plan and organise own work schedule once delegated from team leader.
5. Undertake basic patient observations.
6. Work within existing clinical guidelines, policies and infection control procedures.
7. Offer advice and support to patients and families in a wide range of situations.
8. Communicate factual and sensitive information within confidentiality guidelines to patients,
ensuring all information is appropriately documented and reported back to the team leader.
9. Demonstrate own role to new starters and students.
10. Ensure safe moving and handling techniques in the delivery of patient care, this can include the
safe use of equipment.
11. Communicate information to multi-disciplinary team and other agencies as appropriate.
12. Undertake ordering and receipt of stores.
13. Undertake further training to gain skills in other areas.
14. Utilise NVQ level 3 skills within identified areas as required by the clinical team.
15. Deliver patient care within essence of care standards and Trust guidelines and policies.
16. Document care delivered within hand-written or electronic patient records.
17. Participate in own PDR with team leader to establish objectives, reporting arrangements,
supervision and ongoing development.
18. Participate in mandatory training events.
19. Work with community groups to improve patient participation and involvement.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ingrid McMahon
- Job title
- District Nurse Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07770264155
- Additional information
Jennifer Morrey
District Nurse Team Leader
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