Health Care Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role supports the Physical Health Team within a secure Health Centre, assisting with investigations both in the centre and at ward level. It involves escort duties for patients and visitors, performing venepuncture and ECGs, and responding to emergency situations. The post requires managing challenging patient behaviour and maintaining equipment quality control.
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 2 in care or demonstrate equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of studying for NVQ Level 3 in care or other relevant skills/academic based course or working towards this.
- Experience / knowledge of working within a high secure environment and mental health problems
- Previous experience of phlebotomy, ECG recording and administrative work
- Smoking cessation trained.
- Ability to relate positively to people and to work within a changing and challenging environment
- Ability to work well within a team
- Willingness to maintain / develop skills and knowledge.
- Experience / knowledge of working within a high secure environment and mental health problems
- NVQ level 2 in care or demonstrate equivalent experience.
- Evidence of studying for NVQ Level 3 in care or other relevant skills/academic based course or working towards this.
- Experience / knowledge of working within a high secure environment and mental health problems
- Previous experience of phlebotomy, ECG recording and administrative work
- Smoking cessation trained.
- Ability to relate positively to people and to work within a changing and challenging environment
- Ability to work well within a team
- Willingness to maintain / develop skills and knowledge.
- Experience / knowledge of working within a high secure environment and mental health problems
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Health Care Assistant
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
Financial incentives of £3000 per annum attached to this post paid over 12 monthly instalments.
To provide support to the Physical health team within the secure Health Centre and administration staff. To work unsupervised when performing investigations both within the Health Centre and at ward level. To assist with escort duties, internally and externally for both patients and visitors.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust as a leading provider of community services, mental health care, physical health, addiction services and learning disability care.
Service users receiving a high quality service and one which is free from stigma, discrimination and harm.
Visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelled throughout the division for all managers
The Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support will be embedded across the division for all staff and evident to service users.
To be able to respond appropriately to emergency situations.
To competently perform venepuncture / ECG's within the Health Centre and at ward level as directed by the requesting clinicians.
To operate the radio communications set when required and be conversant with hospital radio network procedures.
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