Reablement Worker - Longmoor House | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; AUD 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 3 Reablement Worker at Longmoor House, located on the Aintree Hospital site. The role focuses on providing rehabilitation, reablement and personal care to patients within a sub-acute setting, supporting independence and safe discharge home.

The post requires working within a multidisciplinary team, under supervision, across a 24/7 shift pattern, and developing competencies to operate across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Deliver clinical and therapeutic care to patients as per care plan and assist the nurses and Allied Health Professionals in patients' treatment
• Undertake rehabilitation and reablement of patients as per the multidisciplinary team plan
• Perform patient assessment under supervision to identify goals and plan care

Responsibilities

• Support patients to regain independence and return home
• Work across a 24/7 shift pattern as part of the reablement service
• Follow protocols/treatment plans to promote mobility and independence

Job description

Reablement Worker - Longmoor House | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced health care staff to join the team in Longmoor House.

Experienced health care staff are required to provide reablement for patients as part of this new service within Mersey Care’s community division.

The Band 3 Reablement worker posts will be based in Longmoor House, on the Aintree Hospital site and will be supporting individuals to reach increased levels of independence and return home.

Successful candidates will be expected to work across a 24/7 shift pattern and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to learn, develop and practice a variety of skills, as well as being a valued member of our exceptional multi-disciplinary team.

The Reablement Worker will function as part of the multidisciplinary team within a sub-acute intermediate care setting to provide a seamless service to patients.

The post holder will continue to develop and undertake a range of delegated tasks and will report to a registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional.

The Reablement Worker will provide general / specific rehabilitation, reablement and personal care as specified below for a patient group and will be proficient and competent to work across professional disciplines. The reablement worker will also be supported to achieve competencies to enable them to work in-between the disciplines.

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.

Deliver clinical and therapeutic care to patients as per care plan and assist the nurses and Allied Health Professionals in patients’ treatment. To undertake rehabilitation and reablement of patients as per the multidisciplinary team plan

Perform patient assessment (under supervision and after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner) to identify goals and plan and deliver high standards of care

The clinical work will follow protocols/treatment plans and is aimed at exercise and advice where appropriate, as well as enabling the patient to improve functional ability and mobility (ability to get in and out of bed, transfer from chair to toilet, walk – with walking aid if necessary and climb stairs if appropriate) and promote independent living

This advert closes on Thursday 5 Nov 2026