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Community Mental Health Nurse

Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Kirkby
Salary
£32,306 to £39,027 a year per annum
Closing date
15 Aug 2022

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Profession
Nurse
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
We have an exciting opportunity for x2 Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurses to join the Adult Community Mental Health Teams working within Kirkby CMHT.

We are looking for individuals with genuine enthusiasm for working in a community mental health team, someone who is caring and who is motivated to provide high quality care with a recovery focused approach for a client group with complex mental health conditions. The successful candidates will possess excellent knowledge and understanding of severe and enduring mental illness, good communication skills and will work well in a team. Our nurses are supported with access to continues professional development, regular clinical supervision and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Short listing planned for 22nd August

Interviews planned for 31st August

Main duties of the job

The Community Mental Health Team caters for individuals who have severe and enduring mental health difficulties and is a busy and skilled multi-disciplinary group which actively promotes close partnership working within the wider community. If you feel you possess the values of Mersey Care NHS Trust we would welcome an application from you. Applicants should hold the professional qualification of a Registered Mental Health Nurse . The role will include providing high quality evidenced based care, formulating risk management plans, supervising risk assessments, providing expertise and advice, care co-ordination and supervising junior staff. In addition we require a strong commitment to working with service users with complex needs, in order to assist them plan and take steps towards their recovery, along side possible discharge back to primary care services once treatment is complete within secondary care service.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills that will enable you to support service users and their families and challenge, motivate, influence and inspire your colleagues at all levels.

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

The post holder will be based within the Community Mental Health Team and will :

Provide assessments and develop treatment plans for service users on caseload

Act as named professional/care coordinator and coordinate care between services

Hold a caseload of people with severe and enduring mental health problems Participate in team meetings, MDT meetings and training opportunities

Provide advice and support for service users and carers

Participate in delivery of group interventions

Supervision of Junior colleaguesin the team

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 and team meetings

Participate in training opportunities

Support people with complex needs and provide advice and guidance as peoples needs change

Person Specification Qualifications Essential
  • professional qualification Registered Mental Health Nurse
Experience Essential
  • Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems either as a student or an employee.
Values Essential
  • Professional
  • Enthusiastic
  • Honest/reliable
  • Engaging
  • Leadership qualities
  • Person-centred, recovery focused attitude
Knowledge and skills Essential
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to work well within a team
  • Awareness of mental health legislation
  • Awareness of a range of mental health issues
  • Knowledge of CPA processes, e.g. care planning and risk assessment.


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