Community Mental Health Nurse
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent, full time Band 6 Community Mental Health practitioner to join the team at Norris Green Community Hub.
This post is not suitable for newly qualified staff or those trained as adult nurses.
We are looking for an individual with genuine enthusiasm for working in a community environment, supporting service users to live their life and manage their mental health in order to maximise their recovery and quality of life.
We welcome 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.
Across the 5 teams at Norris Green Hub, we strive for excellence and support the Community Transformation model that supports our service users to access different speciality services across community.
Short listing planned for 3rd April 2023
Interviews planned for 10th April 2023
Main duties of the job
The Community Mental Health Team supports individuals who have severe and enduring mental health difficulties. The teams are 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 and have experience working in this field since qualifying.
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 as well as promoting signposting to additional services such as Psychology, Life rooms and wider resources available in the community.
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.
Date posted
17 March 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-MEN4803353-A
Job locations
Norris Green Community Hub
Falklands Approach
Liverpool
L11 5BS
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Norris Green Community Hub
Falklands Approach
Liverpool
L11 5BS
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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