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Community Mental Health Nurse- **MALE**

Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Liverpool
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 per annum pro rata
Closing date
8 Dec 2023
** Due to a genuine occupational need we are currently only able to accept MALE applicants for this role**

MALE APPLICANTS ONLY

Community Mental Health Teams based in Baird House is looking to recruit a male enthusiastic Band 6 Registered Nurse (Mental Health) with experience of working in this field, to join a large, friendly, forward thinking multi-disciplinary team who provide assessment, treatment and support for adults experiencing mental health difficulties and completing holistic assessments of their needs and collaborative care planning.

Working alongside the community excellence work and being part of the implementation in the team.

There is a specific need for a male mental health nurse within our team due to the acuity and risks involved in the caseload which will be part of the role.

There are well established multidisciplinary teams and the roles will involve working alongside clinicians from other professions to support people with dementia and mental health conditions and their carers who are living in the community. The post holder will receive regular supervision and support.

** Due to a genuine occupational need we are currently only able to accept MALE applicants for this role**

MALE APPLICANTS ONLY

Interviews planned for 14th December 2023

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be based within the Community Mental Health Team and :
  • Act as the care coordinator/named professional for a caseload of people with mental health problems.
  • Provide assessments and develop treatment plans for service users on caseload
  • Supervise band 5 staff and support workers
  • Participate in team meetings , MDT meetings and training opportunities
  • Provide support and advice for service users and carers
  • Support people with complex needs and provide advice and guidance as people's needs change
  • Participate in delivery of group interventions
  • Liaise with colleagues and coordinate care for service users on caseload
  • Support and monitor the service user whilst commencing medication
  • Work collaboratively with other members of the MDT
  • Attend regular supervision meetings
  • Will be expected to carry complex caseload which will include MOJ-37/41


About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties will include, further details in job description,

To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning,implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.

To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as identified in the care plan.

To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.

To undertake and supervise risk assessments and formulation of risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team, family members carers and significant others.

To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adults requirements are followed and participate in meetings as appropriate.

To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.

To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings.

To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Appropriate professional qualification NMC registered and experience at Degree Level
  • Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development e.g. Mentorship in Practice


Desirable

  • Working towards master level education


Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years post registration experience in mental health
  • Evidence of leadership and management skills.
  • Evidence of experience of managing cases & case loads
  • Evidence of supervising staff.
  • Ability to work autonomously across the organisation/boundaries and with other agencies
  • Experience of working in partnership with other agencies and service users and carers
  • Experience of audit/research and working knowledge of clinical governance.
  • Experience in change management and policy formulation
  • Experience of using Incident Reporting Systems e.g. DATIX
  • Experience of undertaking and involvement in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews
  • Evidence of experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems in a variety of health care settings.


Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non -verbally.
  • Being responsive and flexible, seeing change as an opportunity to improve services
  • Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit
  • Leadership Skills
  • Ability to work within a divisional management team, be able to generate own workload and ability to work to strict deadlines.
  • Ability to build purposeful relationships with a range of both internal and external to the organisation
  • Proven knowledge of relevant mental health legislation.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of CPA ECC guidelines
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to junior staff
  • Demonstrate a good knowledge of professional Codes of Conduct and Staffs' responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base.


Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Baird House CMHT

Liverpool innovation park

Liverpool

L7 9NJ

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