Job summary
- Main area
- Southport & Formby Urgent and Intermediate Care - Community Division
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: Shifts to be worked over 7 days including weekends and bank holidays. 5 shifts per week.
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 350-CC7231560
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southport and Formby community
- Town
- Southport
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Health Practitioner Assistant ICRAS
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
A post has become available within our dedicated Urgent and Intermediate Care team and will be an amazing opportunity for anyone with a passion and interest in Hospital Avoidance/Home First Health Care.
The successful post holder will provide personal care for a range of vulnerable and frail adults within their own homes and in designated bed based areas.
The bed base is within our diverse Community Division and will involve residential and respite facilities with all care taking place under the supervision of our highly skilled Urgent and Intermediate Care Nursing & Therapy staff.
The successful candidate will deliver and assist with low level therapy programmes that have been set by senior therapy staff, with the opportunity to provide constructive feed back to the senior staff on any issues and progress concerning the individual client/patient.
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/therapist to a defined population. Supported by a Nurse or therapy practitioner, 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, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.
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
Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
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.
Offer advice to patients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, lifestyle advice and self-care.
Plan and organise own work schedule once delegated from team leader or Senior Nurse Practitioner
Undertake basic patient observations.
Work within existing clinical guidelines, policies and infection control procedures.
Offer advice and support to patients and families in a wide range of situations.
Communicate factual and sensitive information within confidentiality guidelines to patients, ensuring all information is appropriately documented and reported back to the team leader.
Demonstrate own role to new starters and students.
Ensure safe moving and handling techniques in the delivery of patient care, this can include the safe use of equipment.
Communicate information to multi-disciplinary team and other agencies as appropriate.
Undertake ordering and receipt of stores.
Undertake further training to gain skills in other areas.
Utilise NVQ level 3 skills within identified areas as required by the clinical team.
Deliver patient care within essence of care standards and Trust guidelines and policies.
Document care delivered within hand-written or electronic patient records.
Participate in own PDR with team leader to establish objectives, reporting arrangements, supervision and ongoing development.
Participate in mandatory training events.
Work with community groups to improve patient participation and involvement.
The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.
Knowledge/ Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous and current health and social care experience
- Understanding of the principles of GDPR (Data Protection Act)
- Evidence of Health and Safety & Equality and Diversity
- Good Computer skills/ECDL or equivalent
- Able to work without direct supervisor
- Able to plan own workload.
- Ability to undertake clinical interventions commensurate to training, competency and qualifications.
- Able to work as a team member.
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Responsive to service users
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise workload pro-actively
- Committed to raising standards in clinical areas
- Capable of working on own initiative
- Able to involve and listen to others
- Excellent developed oral and written. Communication skills.
- Able to keep accurate written and electronic contemporaneous records,
- Able to work in a confidential and sensitive manner
- Able to travel for work purposes.
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
- Tracey Rimmer
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07773947295
- Additional information
Please arrange a suitable time for an informal chat via email or number above.
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