Main area: Community Adult - Mental Health Services
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-MHC6840564
Site: Baird House CMHT
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 16/01/2025
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 take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
Arundel Community Mental Health Team based in Baird House is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Band 6 Registered Nurse (Mental Health) with experience of working in this field, to join a large, friendly, forward-thinking multi-disciplinary team who provide assessment, treatment and support for adults experiencing mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be based within Arundel Community Mental Health Team:
1. Act as the care coordinator/named professional for a caseload of people with mental health problems.
2. Provide assessments and develop treatment plans for service users on caseload.
3. Supervise band 5 staff and support workers.
4. Participate in team meetings, MDT meetings, and training opportunities.
5. Provide support and advice for service users and carers.
6. Support people with complex needs and provide advice and guidance as people’s needs change.
7. Participate in delivery of group interventions.
8. Liaise with colleagues and coordinate care for service users on caseload.
9. Support and monitor the service user whilst commencing medication.
10. Work collaboratively with other members of the MDT.
11. Will be expected to carry complex caseload which will include MOJ-37/41 and CTO.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Appropriate professional qualification NMC registered and experience at Degree Level.
* Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development e.g. Mentorship in Practice.
* Working towards master level education.
Experience
* Minimum of 2 years post registration experience in mental health.
* Evidence of leadership and management skills.
* Evidence of experience of managing cases & case loads.
* Evidence of supervising staff.
* Ability to work autonomously across the organisation/boundaries and with other agencies.
* Experience of working in partnership with other agencies and service users and carers.
* Experience of audit/research and working knowledge of clinical governance.
* Experience in change management and policy formulation.
* Experience of using Incident Reporting Systems e.g. DATIX.
* Experience of undertaking and involvement in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews.
* Evidence of experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems in a variety of health care settings.
Knowledge and Skills
* Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
* Being responsive and flexible, seeing change as an opportunity to improve services.
* Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit.
* Leadership Skills.
* Ability to work within a divisional management team, generate own workload, and work to strict deadlines.
* Ability to build purposeful relationships with a range of both internal and external to the organisation.
* Proven knowledge of relevant mental health legislation.
* Demonstrate knowledge of CPA ECC guidelines.
* Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship, and supervision.
* Demonstrate a good knowledge of professional Codes of Conduct.
Personal Attributes
* Professional attitude.
* Possess excellent listening and negotiation skills and leadership skills.
* Excellent oral and written skills.
* Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
* The ability to lead change management.
* Ability to contribute to developing care excellence within the ward/team area.
Other
* Able to demonstrate flexibility in working hours.
Values
* Accountability.
* Support.
* High professional standards.
* Responsive to service users.
* Engaging leadership style.
* Transparency and honesty.
* Discreet.
* Change oriented.
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.
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