Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Treatment Centres/Walk-in Centres
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Flexible working - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-CC6424637
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Old Swan Walk-in Centre
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
![Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust logo](https://static.trac.jobs/employer-logos/572.png)
Nursing Assistant
Band 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Job overview
The UTC/WIC's across Liverpool have opportunities for band 3 Health Care Assistants to work as part of the team.
The vacancies are across the 4 sites - Garston UTC, Old Swan UTC, City WIC and Smithdown WIC. The service is open 8am-8pm every day including bank holidays.
You will work as part of a team ensuring patients receive high quality, safe, effective care.
Shortlisting planned for 8 July
Interviews planned for 15 July
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be based within one of the sites but there is an expectation they may be asked to support in the other sites for periods of time.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the clinicians in triage, ensuring stock is available and ordered in a timely manner, carrying out venepuncture, and basic wound care. They will support patients who access the service.
One of the vacancies is for Smithdown Walk-in Centre which is a paediatric only site.
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
Main responsibilities are to support in triage, basic wound care, venepuncture, carry out observations, stock control and ordering.
This post offers staff excellent opportunities to build on existing skills and develop competencies within these areas. A problem solving approach is an essential component of this role.
Please also see Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of Clinical Governance, patient group directions and associated policies.
- Understanding of audit process.
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Conflict resolution skills.
- IT literate.
- Work as member of a team.
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of local and national quality initiatives.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Practitioner
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture skills
- basic wound care skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of clinical experience in relevant field.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Nicola Worthington
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0758431287
- Additional information
List jobs with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery