# Nursing Assistant - Mental Health Care Division

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Various sites
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nursing assistant
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26T08:30:37.820Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Mental_Health_Inpatient_Services/Adult_Mental_Health_Inpatient_Services-v8255135
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8255135?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

As a nursing assistant, you will play a key role in delivering high quality care to service users within our adult mental health inpatient services.

We have opportunities based at:

- Hollins Park Hospital, Warrington
- The Brooker Centre, Runcorn
- Mossley Hill Hospital, Liverpool
- Clock View Hospital, Liverpool
- Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre, Whiston
- Peasley Cross Hospital, St Helens
- Hartley Hospital, Southport

Working under the guidance of registered practitioners, you will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person centred care. You'll be a vital part of our vision to lead the way in perfect, whole person care that helps people of all ages live healthier lives.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, they are:

- Continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support

If you share our values and want to be part of a team that makes a real different, we want to hear from you.

Experience of working in a care setting is essential.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an assessment centre on 10 September 2026. Applicants who are successful at this stage will then be invited to attend an interview on 17 September 2026.

### Main duties of the job

- To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of registered staff.
- To report to the registered staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users activities and leisure, providing details of mental state and risk factors.
- To work with service users on an individual and group basis as outlined in the care plan and as directed by the appropriate named lead professional.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### 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

### Values

**Essential**

- Continuous improvement – committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all.
- Accountability – taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care.
- Respect – how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way.
- Enthusiasm – demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it.
- Support – actively supporting others with compassion and courage.

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding of issues of confidentiality

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working in a care setting

**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

## Documents

- [oh (pdf, 139.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568179)
- [employee benefits (pdf, 950.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2853)
- [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400)
- [your recruitment journey (pdf, 291.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2941)
- [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 349.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568178)
- [guidance for applicants: using ai to support your application (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3044)

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