Nursing Assistant - Secure Care Division (Male only) | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata, plus recruitment and retention premia
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Maghull, L31 1HW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	23 Oct 2026
Closing date:	22 Nov 2026

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Summary

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

We are recruiting Nursing Assistants for our service across all of Secure Services.

This is the perfect opportunity for those who have experience of working within a mental health setting and want to expand on their skills by working for a service that provides forensic and secure mental health services.

We are one of only three Trusts in the country to provide high secure services, with our catchment area covering Wales and the North West and West Midlands of England.

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.

A Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) is not available for this vacancy. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be able to maintain this throughout their employment if appointed.

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

To report to the qualified 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 refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.

Interested in finding out more?

Join one of our optional online information sessions to learn more about the role and our services. Attendance is optional and you only need to attend one session.

Applicant information sessions:

Tuesday 27th October, 16:00 – 17:00

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3216337291250531?p=Wx55aT9mJKwSe4ZCUe

Meeting ID: 321 633 729 125 053 1

Passcode: Ly9B5v8z

Wednesday 28th October, 13:00 – 14:00

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3362086132911524?p=4RppfpzWh80A7hNcqr

Meeting ID: 336 208 613 291 152 4

Passcode: nj933qx9

This advert closes on Sunday 1 Nov 2026

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