Main area: Community Nursing - Mental Health Services
Grade Band:
5 Contract:
Permanent Hours:
Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref:
350-MHC6863933 Site:
Moss House CMHT Town:
Liverpool Salary:
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period:
Yearly Closing:
19/01/2025 23:59 Interview date:
30/01/2025 Job overview
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our fast-paced, dynamic Moss House Community Mental Health Team. We are working towards delivering a thoroughly modern mental health service that offers excellent standards of care and meaningful person-centred interventions. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is interested in developing as a practitioner and person. Development opportunities will be available, and regular clinical supervision and support will be provided. Main duties of the job
You will be expected to deliver high-quality, recovery-focused mental health interventions to the population of South Liverpool. This may range from a brief therapeutic intervention with some key worker responsibilities to a complex package of care to meet the needs of a vulnerable service user. This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills learned in training and to move forward with an exciting career with lots of opportunities for the future. Change is constant in NHS services, so we are looking for people who are adaptable to enable us to deliver high-quality, sustainable services. Working for our organisation
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 costs as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical: To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation, and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the Community Mental Health Framework and under the supervision of the line manager. To ensure that the service user's care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that we 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 develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. 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 that you have responsibility for with guidance from a supervisor. To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information which has an impact on the service user’s care. To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information. To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms, or where English is not the first language. To have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation. To provide and co-ordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness. To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication, including depot medication, to service users ensuring that the Trust policies and procedures and the Nursing & Midwifery Councils regulations are adhered to. To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service user's care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health record. To actively participate in service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met and that the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical decisions. To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence to help them to remain in the community in their chosen setting. Professional: To be responsible for maintaining own professional registration requirements. To provide an effective link between mental health services and primary care, acting in an advisory capacity to professionals in other fields. To develop effective working relationships with other professionals outside of the Trust in order to enhance the delivery of care to service users. To participate as a supervisor and supervisee in the Divisional performance management / supervision framework. To take responsibility for maintaining and developing own knowledge and skills within own area of work. To attend, as appropriate, courses and conferences, and to feedback and share knowledge, gained from attendance. To be professionally accountable for own actions as a registered practitioner. To act, at all times, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. To undertake mandatory training as identified by the Trust and ensure that all actions are in line with training. Person specification
Qualifications
Degree Evidence of post-registration study Approved training in CYPMHS Knowledge/ Experience
Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems Effective Care Co-ordination Care Planning and evaluation Quality and clinical audit Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship, and supervision. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team Experience of working with young people Values
Accountability Support High professional standards Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Change oriented Skills
Able to communicate effectively Possess good listening and negotiation skills Ability to work as a member of a team Professional attitude Flexibility Possess a caring, compassionate, and empathic attitude Other
Access to transport Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you. We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications. The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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5 Contract:
Permanent Hours:
Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref:
350-MHC6863933 Site:
Moss House CMHT Town:
Liverpool Salary:
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period:
Yearly Closing:
19/01/2025 23:59 Interview date:
30/01/2025 Job overview
We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join our fast-paced, dynamic Moss House Community Mental Health Team. We are working towards delivering a thoroughly modern mental health service that offers excellent standards of care and meaningful person-centred interventions. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is interested in developing as a practitioner and person. Development opportunities will be available, and regular clinical supervision and support will be provided. Main duties of the job
You will be expected to deliver high-quality, recovery-focused mental health interventions to the population of South Liverpool. This may range from a brief therapeutic intervention with some key worker responsibilities to a complex package of care to meet the needs of a vulnerable service user. This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills learned in training and to move forward with an exciting career with lots of opportunities for the future. Change is constant in NHS services, so we are looking for people who are adaptable to enable us to deliver high-quality, sustainable services. Working for our organisation
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 costs as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical: To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation, and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the Community Mental Health Framework and under the supervision of the line manager. To ensure that the service user's care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that we 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 develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. 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 that you have responsibility for with guidance from a supervisor. To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information which has an impact on the service user’s care. To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information. To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms, or where English is not the first language. To have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation. To provide and co-ordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness. To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication, including depot medication, to service users ensuring that the Trust policies and procedures and the Nursing & Midwifery Councils regulations are adhered to. To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service user's care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health record. To actively participate in service user reviews ensuring that service user needs are met and that the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical decisions. To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and independence to help them to remain in the community in their chosen setting. Professional: To be responsible for maintaining own professional registration requirements. To provide an effective link between mental health services and primary care, acting in an advisory capacity to professionals in other fields. To develop effective working relationships with other professionals outside of the Trust in order to enhance the delivery of care to service users. To participate as a supervisor and supervisee in the Divisional performance management / supervision framework. To take responsibility for maintaining and developing own knowledge and skills within own area of work. To attend, as appropriate, courses and conferences, and to feedback and share knowledge, gained from attendance. To be professionally accountable for own actions as a registered practitioner. To act, at all times, in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. To undertake mandatory training as identified by the Trust and ensure that all actions are in line with training. Person specification
Qualifications
Degree Evidence of post-registration study Approved training in CYPMHS Knowledge/ Experience
Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems Effective Care Co-ordination Care Planning and evaluation Quality and clinical audit Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship, and supervision. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team Experience of working with young people Values
Accountability Support High professional standards Responsive to service users Engaging leadership style Transparency and honesty Discreet Change oriented Skills
Able to communicate effectively Possess good listening and negotiation skills Ability to work as a member of a team Professional attitude Flexibility Possess a caring, compassionate, and empathic attitude Other
Access to transport Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you. We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications. The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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