Senior Clinical Nurse Inpatients

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you an experienced inpatient nurse?

Do you have life experience?

Do you consider yourself to be emotionally resilient?

Are you caring, compassionate, flexible and have excellent communication skills?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for band 6 Senior Clinical Nurse's on Alt Ward at Clock View Hospital.

Working in inpatient care is a dynamic and challenging environment, with a hard-working and dedicated family of staff who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to the diverse client base that we care for.

The range of skills you can learn and develop while working on the wards is wide and varied, working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve and manage a challenging setting.

Future aims for our wards include therapeutic and psychological input for clients, this will be driven and provided by the staffing team so staff coming into this role will eventually be provided with additional training.

If you think you have what it takes we would love to hear from you!

Short listing planned for 19th June 2023

Interviews planned for 26th June 2023

Main duties of the job

Can you demonstrate the values of our Trust, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect and Enthusiasm?

If so look at the opportunity below......

We are looking to recruit band 6 Senior Clinical Nurses to Alt Ward at Clock View Hospital.

Successful applicants will be able to support the ward in ensuring the environment is managed safely and effectively over a 24-hour period.

Ensuring the delivery of high standard of care to Service Users, providing support, supervision and education for colleagues, other professionals and students.

You will be required to provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership to Ward Staff. You will be required to liaise with other professionals and support the Ward Manager in developing the team and acting up 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 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

24 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-MHC5208547-A

Job locations

Clock View Hospital

2a Oak House Park

Liverpool

L9 1EP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details or required skills, duties and responsibilities for this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details or required skills, duties and responsibilities for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse.

Desirable

Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience at band 5 or above.
Evidence of experience of working with people with mental health problems in a variety of health care settings.

Desirable

Proven experience of leadership and management

Knowledge

Essential

Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
Possess excellent listening and negotiation skills.
Knowledge of relevant Mental Health legislation.
Knowledge of Mental Health Nursing interventions.
Knowledge of clinical risk and Health & Safety Management.
Demonstrate knowledge of NMC guidelines.
Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff.
Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurses' responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base.

Desirable

Ability to assist in the process of standard setting and audit.
Computer literate.
Clinical Leadership skills.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Professional attitude.
Flexibility.
Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the ward area.
On going post-registration development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse.

Desirable

Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience at band 5 or above.
Evidence of experience of working with people with mental health problems in a variety of health care settings.

Desirable

Proven experience of leadership and management

Knowledge

Essential

Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
Possess excellent listening and negotiation skills.
Knowledge of relevant Mental Health legislation.
Knowledge of Mental Health Nursing interventions.
Knowledge of clinical risk and Health & Safety Management.
Demonstrate knowledge of NMC guidelines.
Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff.
Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurses' responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base.

Desirable

Ability to assist in the process of standard setting and audit.
Computer literate.
Clinical Leadership skills.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Professional attitude.
Flexibility.
Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the ward area.
On going post-registration development.

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.