Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse - Aspen Wood LSU Hospital

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for qualified learning disability/mental health nurses who can deliver care, compassion and empathy to our patients, improving the quality of care services within a secure forensic environment.

The division is responsible for specialised secure mental health services, in low, medium and high secure settings for service users with a primary classification of mental illness, and personality disorders. Working across the division as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will contribute to the delivery of high standards of care and treatment to a complex group of service users. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to gain invaluable experience in a specialist forensic environment.

From the 1st November 2021 a Recruitment & Retention premia has been introduced to attract and retain qualified nurses within the Secure Care Division and further support our "Grow Our Own Strategy".

For our registered Mental Health and Learning Disability nurses across our medium secure services at Aspen Wood, this will be a premia of £1200pa

In addition, we are offering a "golden handshake" of £1500 on completion of induction *

(*terms and conditions apply)

Main duties of the job

Aspen Wood will provide specialist Learning Disability & Mental Health services at our Maghull Health Park site. The hospital is due to open in 2023 and is a state of the art 40 bed hospital which provides care & treatment to men and women. Whilst relational security & the capacity to work in an individualized and therapeutic way are central to the treatment offer, we are supported with the use of therapeutic technology for the benefit of service users & staff

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.

Date posted

21 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

350-SELD4886959

Job locations

Secure & SpLD Division - Rowan View Hospital

Maghull Health Park

Maghull

L31 1HW

Job description

Job responsibilities

If there are staff internal to the division interested in working at our low secure hospitals, they are advised to contact their line manager to explore this via the process of divisional mobilisation and service needs.

Interviews will take place on 15th February 2023. There is an option for people to join virtually for those unable to attend in person. Please contact Amy Harvey, Nursing and Clinical Improvement Lead, amy.harvey@merseycare.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability nurse, registered on the NMC register.
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Teaching &assessing / mentorship qualification
Educational development courses in mental health

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Multi-disciplinary working
NMC Code of Conduct
Knowledge, understanding and use of the Care Programme Approach (CPA). Promotes people's equality, diversity and rights
To ensure actions contribute to quality
Knowledge of Service Governance
Commitment to clinical supervision
Knowledge of therapeutic boundaries

Desirable

Supervising others
Post qualification experience in the mental health field

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

Skills

Essential

Effective communication skills (written & verbal)
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult situations
Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care
Ability to carry out Personal Safety Training

Desirable

Good presentation skills
Has led on initiatives to improve practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability nurse, registered on the NMC register.
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Teaching &assessing / mentorship qualification
Educational development courses in mental health

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Multi-disciplinary working
NMC Code of Conduct
Knowledge, understanding and use of the Care Programme Approach (CPA). Promotes people's equality, diversity and rights
To ensure actions contribute to quality
Knowledge of Service Governance
Commitment to clinical supervision
Knowledge of therapeutic boundaries

Desirable

Supervising others
Post qualification experience in the mental health field

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

Skills

Essential

Effective communication skills (written & verbal)
Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult situations
Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care
Ability to carry out Personal Safety Training

Desirable

Good presentation skills
Has led on initiatives to improve practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.