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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment premium

Retention premium

On-call supplement

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Nursing Assistant (New to Care) in the Secure Care Division. This male-only role is full-time and provides a clear pathway from Band 2 to Band 3 through training and competency achievement.

No prior healthcare experience is required as full training is provided to develop essential skills and confidence. The division delivers specialist secure mental health and learning disability services; flexible working requests will be considered,

Qualifications

• Male applicants only due to occupational requirement.
• Band 2 to 3 with training and competency achievement.
• Full time position.
• No healthcare experience required; comprehensive training provided.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care and observe service users under supervision.
• Report observations to registered staff, including mental state and risk factors.
• Work with service users individually and in groups per care plan and lead professional.

Job description

Nursing Assistant (New to Care) - Secure Care Division (Male only)

Company:

Company: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £25,272 Band 2 to 3 role with training and competency achievement.

A Vacancy at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Due to a genuine occupational requirement, this role is currently restricted to male applicants.

This vacancy is for full time positions.

Looking for a meaningful career where you can truly make a difference?If you have transferable skills but no prior healthcare experience, we want to hear from you.

No healthcare experience? No problem. We provide comprehensive training to give you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to thrive in this role. This training is mandatory and forms a vital part of your development journey. This role will be paid atBand 2 until all required competencies are successfully completed.

The division delivers specialist secure mental health and learning disability services across low, medium, and high secure settings. We support individuals with complex needs, including those with a diagnosis of mental illness, personality disorders, learning disabilities, or autism, providing care in environments designed to ensure both safety and therapeutic progress.

A recruitment and retention premia (£600 - £4034) is available for roles in Secure Care dependant on allocations. Allocations are determined by the service; premia will reflect service allocation.

To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of registered staff.

To report to the registered staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users activities and leisure, providing details of mental state and risk factors.

To work with service users on an individual and group basis as outlined in the care plan and as directed by the appropriate named lead professional.

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.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.

This advert closes on Thursday 27 Aug 2026

£25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata, plus recruitment and retention premia

£113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata plus 7.5% R&R premia and on call supplement