An exciting opportunity has arisen on Irwell ward to work as a Nurse practitioner. Irwell ward is a 17 bedded older adult ward, who provides mental health and physical health support to both male and females with complex care needs.

This is a demanding and challenging role where, as a successful candidate, you will be required to demonstrate high levels of resilience, excellent problem solving and inter-personal skills as well as the ability to provide sound clinical and leadershipsupport to team members.

The post holder will also demonstrate a passion for coaching leadership style, quality improvement and attitude which respects and values service users' choice and works alongside them and their carers to ensure they are at the centre of care planning.

This post is subject to an enhanced check with adults barred listDisclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Main duties of the job

The main duty is to be working as a registered nurse practitioner on Irwell ward

This will include working a variety of shift patterns including earlies, lates , long days and night duties.

To promote and provide safe and good patient care to all service users and support their families

To be able to work within a team and autonomously when appropriate to ensure that service is delivered.

To work as part of a multi disciplinary team and liaise with all agencies to promote safe and up to date practice for 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

Assess patient/client conditions and consider a range of options when delivering complex and highly complex clinical care.

Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment

Ensure that clinical are appropriately delegated to the relevant team member.

Provide data that supports the monitoring of team contract and objectives.

Participate in audits and research, as required.

Participate in individual and group supervision.

In conjunction with the service management, ensure systems are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and delivery.

Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the service management

Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support any investigations as delegated by the service lead.

Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.

Provide support to team members holding responsibility for mentoring students.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Appropriate professional qualification by RMN AHP Social Worker

EXPERIENCE

Essential

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

VALUES

Essential

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

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Able to communicate effectively
• Posses good listening and negotiation skills
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base regarding: 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Irwell ward

Clockview Hospital

Liverpool

L9 1EP

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

350-MHC6768860