Charge Nurse, HMP Liverpool Band 5-6 development post
Main area: Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT), HMP Liverpool
Grade: Band 5-6 development post
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work covering service hours of 07:30 - 19:30 with mains and a late/early)
Job ref: 350-SC6462428-D
Site: HMP Liverpool
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £29,970 - £44,962 per annum (£1200 R&R included per annum)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/12/2024 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
The post holder will be joining a dedicated team of clinical staff from a range of backgrounds and experience. Team members have high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm (and humour!) and are committed to ensuring the ongoing successful development of the service and the opportunities it provides for our population.
Job overview
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the health provider for the delivery of the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) at HMP Liverpool. The service is designed to support the holistic mental health and learning disability needs of our client group, in partnership with our Physical Health providers and HMPPS colleagues.
Core aims of the service are to improve mental and psychological wellbeing via a range of interventions, build the development of independent core skills, reduce risk, and advocate for mental health and learning disabilities within the wider prison.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work alongside fellow Nurses and the wider IMHT to support those in custody with mental health needs. Responsibilities include:
1. Clinical responsibility via the application of relevant assessments and facilitating individual and group-based interventions.
2. Experience of working with individuals with complex clinical and risk presentations.
3. Constructively manage the personal, professional and ethical opportunities and challenges.
4. Participate in the development of staff team and support diverse clinical interests.
Person specification
Education/qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Registered on the NMC register
* Demonstrates evidence of continued professional development
* Excellent interpersonal skills
Skills and abilities
* Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care
* Proven communication skills (verbal & written)
* Leadership skills: supervising, teaching & assessing; self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
* Works well in a multi-disciplinary team
Experience
* Minimum of 18 months post qualification experience in mental health
* Experience of using the Effective Care Coordination
* Multi-disciplinary working
Knowledge and understanding
* Mental Health Act 1983 (updated 2007)
* NMC Code of Professional Conduct
* Effective Care Co-ordination
Special requirements
* Commitment to working with people with severe mental health problems
* Enhanced DBS Disclosure
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. 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 criteria for the role in the person specification. Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk.
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