Job summary

District Nursing Teams | Liverpool, Sefton & Knowsley

Are you a caring, compassionate individual looking to make a real difference in your local community?

We are recruiting Band 3 Health Care Assistants to join our District Nursing Teams across Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley.

In this rewarding role, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality care and support to patients in their own homes and other community-based clinical settings. You will play a vital role in helping people maintain their independence, promoting wellbeing, and delivering person-centred care closer to home.

As a Health Care Assistant, you will support the clinical team with the delivery of care and treatment, building positive relationships with patients, families and colleagues while ensuring a compassionate and professional experience for those using our services.

What we're looking for:

• A caring and compassionate approach to patient care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team.
• A commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
• The ability to travel independently across the locality to provide care and treatment within patients' homes and community settings.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive team, develop your skills, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of people across our communities.

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 to a defined population. Supported by the nursing team 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 and support the delivery of policy and procedures.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

About us

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.