Job summary
- Main area
- Secure Care - Nursing
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Fixed term: 15 months (Apprenticeship is 12 months, however there is 3 month grace period for End Point Assessment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Applicants must be able to work all shifts across a 24hr service 7 days a week)
- Job ref
- 350-SC7469952
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Secure Care Division
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £24,465 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Apprentice Healthcare Support Worker - MALE ONLY
Band 2
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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
- Due to a genuine occupational need we are currently only accepting male applicants aged 18+ for this role.
- Candidates should not have previous healthcare experience if applying for this role.
Are you looking for the opportunity to develop a career in healthcare but have no previous experience or qualifications?
This opportunity consists of a 12 month apprenticeship programme with placements across the Secure Care Division whilst undertaking an Intermediate Apprenticeship Health and Social Care Framework at level 2 - attending Hugh Baird College weekly for the duration of the course.
The division is responsible for specialised secure mental health and learning disability services, in low, medium and high secure settings for service users with a primary classification of mental illness, personality disorders, learning disabilities and autism.
Only candidates who do not hold a CQF in Health and Social Care at Level 2 or full apprenticeship in health and social care at Level 2 can be considered.
A recruitment and retention premia (£600 - £4034) is available for roles in Secure Care dependant on allocations. Allocations are determined by the service; premia will reflect each specific clinical placement for the duration of that rotation.
Main duties of the job
The Healthcare Apprentice position in the Secure Care Division is an exciting learning opportunity for the apprentice to gain valuable experience working in a specialist service whilst also undertaking an Intermediate Apprenticeship Framework at level 2. The apprenticeship will be undertaken over 12 months and will include exposure to both clinical and educational experiences.
Within this role individuals will be required to carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of Service Users under the guidance and supervision of a qualified nurse or other team member where delegated.
Successful candidates will be required to participate in the shift system in operation within the ward/team/department.
Successful applicants must attend the education sessions provided to support the attainment of Intermediate Apprenticeship Framework at level 2.
Following satisfactory engagement with the course requirements, a band 3 Nursing Assistant post may be offered upon completion.
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
The post advertised is working for the Secure Care Division; as we are a mobile division you may be expected to work at any of the sites, and currently these are at Ashworth Hospital, Rowan View, Rathbone Hospital, Hollins Park and Aspen Wood.
Please see detailed job description and personal specification attached for full details of job description, main responsibilities and personal specification.
Applicants must have been in the UK for 3 years and those with temporary right to work must be on a visa that allows access to government funding, in addition you will need to have a visa that is greater than the length of the course plus an additional 6 months after to account for any additional resits.
As this is a requirement, those who do not have the above won't be able to progress onto the next stage in the process.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Basic IT skills, numeracy and literacy
Desirable criteria
- Care Certificate
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake the Care Certificate and work towards Level 2 in Health and Social Care.
- Able to communicate effectively.
- Understanding of issues of confidentiality.
- Ability to work as a member of a team.
- Ability to demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude.
- A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
Other
Essential criteria
- Must be able to undertake Personal Safety Training
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
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
- Lara Mills-Jones
- Job title
- Project Coordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
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