Mental Health Care Assistant in Southampton inSouthampton PUBLISHED WED 5 NOV 2025 Jump to job information section
Band 2: £12.51 to £22.90 an hour Rate dependant on day/shift time - DAYS ONLY AVAILABLE
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NHS Professionals Limited rOX1jVLY
Job description
Job summary
If you are looking for work that suits your lifestyle andneeds, becoming a Mental Health Support Worker, for the bank at UniversityHospital Southampton could be right for you.NHS Professionals are currently recruiting for Mental Health CareAssistants at Southampton General Hospital.As a bank worker you can work flexibly to support the teamwith patients with Mental Health difficulties.Pay Rates are as follows:Monday-Friday - £12.51 per hourSaturday - £17.64 per hourSunday - £22.90 per hourThe demand is for DAYS so please only apply if you can work DAY SHIFTS
Main duties of the job
Supporting patients with mental and emotional issues under the supervision of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.Assisting patients in performing their daily activities, monitoring their progress, and observing their personal and social behaviours.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.Career Progressionaccess to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challengesWork-life Balanceflexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leaveOpportunity & Accessover 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you wantNHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by theDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospitaltrusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to workflexibly within the NHS.Working through the NHSP bank meansTrusts dont have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, andspecialities, saving the NHS over£70 millioneach year. This money isthen reinvested back into the NHS.
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Date posted
05 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for changeBandBand 2
Salary
£12.51 to £22.90 an hour Rate dependant on day/shift time - DAYS ONLY AVAILABLE
Contract
BankDuration6 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
M0042-25-1460
Job location
sSouthampton General HospitalTremona RoadSouthamptonSO16 6YD
Job description
Job responsibilities
To listen and talk to patientsand their carers and develop therapeutic relationshipsTo undertake and accuratelydocument observations and nursing care in line with Trust policyTo accurately report and feedbackany concernsTo understand the importance of,and maintain the need for confidentiality in all patient mattersTo participate in the maintenanceof a clean, tidy, and safe environmentTo value diversity and promoteequality of opportunity for all and to ensue individuals are treated fairlyAttend to patients personalhygiene, including bathing, toileting, and dressing, promoting quality of lifeand independenceTo act as a positive role modelto the patients and staffTo demonstrate appropriatede-escalation skills in managing aggression exhibited by service users, subjectto achieving agreed training and competency in Prevention and Management ofViolence and Aggression techniquesEscort patients as appropriate toother areas of the hospital or the hospital grounds as delegated by a trainedmember of staffCompletion of regular physicalhealth observations, including the recording of these. Also completing the physical health paperworkwithin the admission process, including smoking/alcohol recording forms
Job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
EssentialMINIMUM OF 12-MONTHS EXPERENCE WORKING AS A MENTAL HEALTH HCA WORKING IN NHS MH HOSPITAL OR PRIVATE MH HOSPITAL IN THE UK.MUST HOLD VALID PMVA CERTWE ARE ONLY LOOKING FOR HCA WHO CAN WORK DAYS IDEALLY MONDAY-FRIDAY
Person Specification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Employer
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If you are looking for work that suits your lifestyle andneeds, becoming a Mental Health Support Worker, for the bank at UniversityHospital Southampton could be right for you.NHS Professionals are currently recruiting for Mental Health CareAssistants at Southampton General Hospital.As a bank worker you can work flexibly to support the teamwith patients with Mental Health difficulties.Pay Rates are as follows:Monday-Friday - £12.51 per hourSaturday - £17.64 per hourSunday - £22.90 per hourThe demand is for DAYS so please only apply if you can work DAY SHIFTS
Main duties of the job
Supporting patients with mental and emotional issues under the supervision of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.Assisting patients in performing their daily activities, monitoring their progress, and observing their personal and social behaviours.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.Career Progressionaccess to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challengesWork-life Balanceflexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leaveOpportunity & Accessover 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you wantNHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by theDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospitaltrusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to workflexibly within the NHS.Working through the NHSP bank meansTrusts dont have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, andspecialities, saving the NHS over£70 millioneach year. This money isthen reinvested back into the NHS.
Details
Date posted
05 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for changeBandBand 2
Salary
£12.51 to £22.90 an hour Rate dependant on day/shift time - DAYS ONLY AVAILABLE
Contract
BankDuration6 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
M0042-25-1460
Job location
sSouthampton General HospitalTremona RoadSouthamptonSO16 6YD
Job description
Job responsibilities
To listen and talk to patientsand their carers and develop therapeutic relationshipsTo undertake and accuratelydocument observations and nursing care in line with Trust policyTo accurately report and feedbackany concernsTo understand the importance of,and maintain the need for confidentiality in all patient mattersTo participate in the maintenanceof a clean, tidy, and safe environmentTo value diversity and promoteequality of opportunity for all and to ensue individuals are treated fairlyAttend to patients personalhygiene, including bathing, toileting, and dressing, promoting quality of lifeand independenceTo act as a positive role modelto the patients and staffTo demonstrate appropriatede-escalation skills in managing aggression exhibited by service users, subjectto achieving agreed training and competency in Prevention and Management ofViolence and Aggression techniquesEscort patients as appropriate toother areas of the hospital or the hospital grounds as delegated by a trainedmember of staffCompletion of regular physicalhealth observations, including the recording of these. Also completing the physical health paperworkwithin the admission process, including smoking/alcohol recording forms
Job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
EssentialMINIMUM OF 12-MONTHS EXPERENCE WORKING AS A MENTAL HEALTH HCA WORKING IN NHS MH HOSPITAL OR PRIVATE MH HOSPITAL IN THE UK.MUST HOLD VALID PMVA CERTWE ARE ONLY LOOKING FOR HCA WHO CAN WORK DAYS IDEALLY MONDAY-FRIDAY
Person Specification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Employer
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