Mental Health Care Assistant

Job summary

If you are looking for work that suits your lifestyle and needs, becoming a Mental Health Support Worker, for the bank at University Hospital Southampton could be right for you. NHS Professionals are currently recruiting for Mental Health Care Assistants at Southampton General Hospital.

As a bank worker you can work flexibly to support the team with patients with Mental Health difficulties.

Pay Rates are as follows:

Monday-Friday - £12.51 per hour

Saturday - £17.64 per hour

Sunday - £22.90 per hour

The demand is for DAYS so please only apply if you can work DAY SHIFTS

Main duties of the job

Supporting patients with mental and emotional issues under the supervision of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.

Assisting patients in performing their daily activities, monitoring their progress, and observing their personal and social behaviours.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts dont have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

Details

• Date posted: 22 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 2
• Salary: £14.05 to £23.75 an hour Rate dependant on day/shift time - DAYS ONLY AVAILABLE
• Contract: Bank
• Duration: 6 months
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: M0042-26-0203
• Job locations: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

To listen and talk to patients and their carers and develop therapeutic relationships

To undertake and accurately document observations and nursing care in line with Trust policy

To accurately report and feedback any concerns

To understand the importance of, and maintain the need for confidentiality in all patient matters

To participate in the maintenance of a clean, tidy, and safe environment

To value diversity and promote equality of opportunity for all and to ensue individuals are treated fairly

Attend to patients personal hygiene, including bathing, toileting, and dressing, promoting quality of life and independence

To act as a positive role model to the patients and staff

To demonstrate appropriate de-escalation skills in managing aggression exhibited by service users, subject to achieving agreed training and competency in Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression techniques

Escort patients as appropriate to other areas of the hospital or the hospital grounds as delegated by a trained member of staff

Completion of regular physical health observations, including the recording of these. Also completing the physical health paperwork within the admission process, including smoking/alcohol recording forms