Nursing Assistant (Secure/SPLD Division)

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust ,
Liverpool, Merseyside
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Apply to work in our new state of the art hospital! The trust is building a high quality regional medium secure unit on our Maghull Health Park. This exciting development is called Rowan View and represents our strong ambition for a new centre of excellence in forensic care: * Specialist Learning Disability and Mental Health services * 123 beds over eight wards: Female Learning Disability (Delamere Ward); Male Learning Disability (Astley and Birkdale Wards); Female Mental Illness (Eden); Male Mental Illness (Thornton, Rivington, Vale and Marbury Wards) * An environment that will promote the integration of physical and mental wellbeing * A social hub incorporating a cafe, therapy rooms, multi faith room, sports hall, gymnasium, music rooms, skills for life room, IT suite, bank and a physical health suite * Use of therapeutic technology for the benefit of patients and staff including virtual reality and avatar therapy Rowan View represents a step change in care for service users, preparing them for life afterwards. It will deliver innovative treatments to improve recovery times for people with mental health and learning disabilities. We are looking for experienced nursing assistants who can demonstrate compassion and empathy to our patients, improving the quality of care services within a Secure/Forensic Environment. Our Secure & Specialist Learning Disability Division is responsible for specialised secure mental health services, in low, medium and high secure settings for service users with a primary classification of mental illness, and personality disorders. Working across the Secure Division as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of high standards of care and support to a challenging group of service users. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to gain invaluable experience in forensic environments. Along with some experience of dealing with patients with mental health conditions, we ask that you are flexible in your approach to work, eager to learn, have an open attitude to change and want to make a real difference to our patients in challenging secure environments. We would welcome and consider applications for part-time working If successful in this post, you will be required as a condition of your employment to satisfactorily complete the new national Care Certificate training and assessment programme within a 12 week period of time. Assessment process:- * Successful candidates will be required to complete an online test (CPSQ), written exercise and face to face interview. Shortlisting is planned for 25th June 2020 Interviews are planned for 3rd July 2020 For further details / informal visits contact: Chen Shoko Chengeto.shoko@Merseycare.nhs.uk Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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