The Adult Eating Disorders Service in Knowsley & St Helens is looking to recruit a Band 6 Senior Nurse Practitioner to our welcoming and supportive team.

We are a multidisciplinary, community team including Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, a Consultant Psychiatrist, a Dietitian, OT and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners. The team provides assessment and treatment for adults with eating disorders.

We are looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to work with us. An interest in therapeutic interventions would be welcomed and there will be opportunities for professional development within the role.

The position is full-time and permanent. We are based at Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre and our office hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Senior Nurse Practitioner in the Team, you will work within the MDT to provide assessments, treatment and support for our service users with eating disorders and their carers.

You will hold a clinical caseload and provide case management for adults with complex needs relating to their eating disorder and other mental health needs. You will be required to liaise with other professionals and services to help provide the best care to our service users.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Principal Responsibilities:

Provide autonomous decision making as a practitioner adjunct to the shared decision-making responsibility of a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Maintain the clinical governance framework to support the quality objectives of the unit, reflecting on care standards using clinical incident reviews, national benchmarking and taking responsibility in implementing the results of this practice.

Align role to deliver care according to national service frameworks and tackling and preventing health inequalities.

Support the multi-agency team on the ground with emphasis on a sound communication network.

Encourage and facilitate junior practitioners to participate in the delivery of various health care programmes and models of practice.

Facilitate the development of the skills and knowledge of the junior practitioners and health practitioner assistants through clinical supervision and perform their personal development reviews.

Ensure that the organisation of the department supports the efficient and effective delivery of care e.g., that the environment is clean, safe and supports privacy, dignity and confidentiality to patients.

Observe, assess and evaluate what is influencing the workload i.e., level of patient demand.

Manage unproductive time and operational duties.

Participate in own PDR with team lead to establish objectives, reporting arrangements, supervision and ongoing development.

Demonstrates own role to new starters and students from a variety of different disciplines.

Participation in mandatory training events

Work with groups to improve patient participation and involvement.

Provide high quality, evidence-based care, integrating the multi-agency approach in the delivery of services to meet patients needs.

Perform duties, including a comprehensive history, taking decisions to discharge patients and/or refer to a specialist service.

Carry out emergency procedures i.e., resuscitation, defibrillation and anaphylaxis.

Be proactive in following agreed national and local protocols and pathways to manage specific diseases.

Take the decision to discharge patients and/or refer for a specialist opinion.

Manage an effective discharge according to DOH and Trust process, pathways and practice guidelines.

Refer patients to mainstream services on discharge e.g.: GP, pharmacist, NHS Direct.

Adhere to Trust policy for reporting sickness/absence and with emphasis on managing risk and infection control.

Sustain an effective communication network by interacting with multi-agency professionals, clients relatives and carers, and facilitate multidisciplinary case conferences,

Undertake additional education and training to undertake patient management.

Work and reflect the principles laid down by the code of professional conduct and scope of practice of the NMC.

Participate in caseload reviews, clinical audit, pressure monitoring and critical incident analysis when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• First level registered general nurse
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of study at degree level

Desirable

• Post Registration qualification
• Leadership Qualification
• Mentorship qualification

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience at senior nurse level
• Experience in relevant speciality
• Experience of on - going professional development
• Knowledge of health service and initiatives
• Influencing skills
• Good IT skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate leadership and motivational skills.

Desirable

• Experience of leading and managing change

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet

Skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise workload pro-actively.
• Committed to raising standards in clinical areas.
• Capable of working on own initiative
• Able to involve and listen to others

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Knowsley Resource and Recovery Centre

Whiston Hospital

Prescot

L355DR

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350-MHC6576114