Health Care Assistant | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer:
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Southport, PR8 6PL
Pay:
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
26/04/2026
About this job
The team of Health Care Assistants and Nurses provides advice, assessment, and treatment for patients experiencing bladder and bowel dysfunction. Assessments are carried out in clinic settings, patients’ own homes, or within nursing and residential care environments.
In addition to direct patient care, the team offers advice, support, and education to other healthcare professionals, including care home staff, to manage patients with complex needs effectively.
The postholder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, assisting and supporting clinical colleagues to deliver high-quality care.
This may involve working within patients’ homes and other community-based clinical settings.
The role will contribute to:
Ensuring safe and effective care for patients.
Supporting the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area.
Establishing systems and processes that uphold service standards.
Work within established guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting concerns to the Team Leader.
Ensure delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area, incorporating systems and processes to maintain high standards of care.
Work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team.
Undertake a range of patient interventions within the scope of NVQ Level 3 skills, as delegated by the Team Leader or qualified clinical staff.
Provide advice to patients and carers on health issues, including health promotion, lifestyle advice, and self-care.
Plan and organise own workload following delegation from the Team Leader.
Adhere to clinical guidelines, policies, and infection control procedures.
Offer advice and emotional support to patients and families in a variety of situations.
Ensure safe moving and handling techniques, including the correct use of equipment.
Communicate relevant information to the multidisciplinary team and other agencies as appropriate.
Undertake ordering and receipt of stores.
Participate in further training to develop skills in additional areas.
Utilise NVQ Level 3 skills within identified areas as required by the clinical team.
Deliver patient care in line with Essence of Care standards and Trust policies.
Document care delivered in handwritten or electronic patient records.
Participate in own PDR with the Team Leader to establish objectives, supervision, and ongoing development.
Comply with all organisational policies and procedures.
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.
Job summary 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.
Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
Principal 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.
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.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
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