An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Warrington Recovery Team as a B5 community mental health nurse.

We have a full time, permanent position, which is a developmental opportunity, providing the chance to progress onto B6 role, following further professional developmental aims being achieved.

We are a well led, highly regarded service, providing care, treatment and support to adults with significant mental health needs, within the Warrington Borough.

You will work as part of an experienced and supportive MDT, with the chance to develop your skills, knowledge and experience within a welcoming, learning focussed environment.

Our office hours are Mon to Fri, 9-5pm. Our office base is Wakefield House.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of an experienced MDT providing care, treatment and support to our service users, carers and families.

You will undertake role specific work, including keyworker role under the new Community MH framework.

You will help to cover duty role in Team on a rota basis.

You will help to facilitate our depot clinics and administer home depots as required.

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

See accompanying detailed Job Description and Person Specification which is attached to this advert for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Appropriate professional qualification by RMN AHP Social Worker

Desirable

• Degree
• Evidence of post registration study.
• Approved training in phlebotomy

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
• A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights

Desirable

• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.

Values

Essential

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

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Able to communicate effectively.
• Possess good listening and negotiation skills
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Effective Care Co-ordination
• Care Planning and evaluation
• Quality and clinical audit.
• Health & Safety/Risk Management Mental Health Act
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurse's responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base.
• Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision.

Desirable

• Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wakefield House

Guardian Street

Warrington

WA5 1UD

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

350-MHC6477385