Main area: Aintree core 24 - Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (includes shift work of nights, days, and weekends)
Job ref: 350-MHC6654270
Site: Aintree Core 24
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 25/11/2024
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.
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. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
Job overview
This is a Joint vacancy for both Aintree Core24 and Southport Core 24.
Southport and Aintree Core 24 are specialist assessment services for service user's mental health who present to the Emergency Department in times of crisis or are referred from the acute general hospital wards. The role involves the formulation of treatment and risk management plans based on assessment of needs with the appropriate triage and diversion from the service.
The service operates on a shift system of long days, shorter nine and half hour shifts, and nights to provide 24/7 service throughout the year.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide high quality, evidence-based care within the division for service users and their carers.
2. To work in a socially inclusive way and in line with the recovery model.
3. To function as named nurse/care coordinator to service users, undertaking assessment, planning, evaluation, and review of care.
4. To participate as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team.
5. To provide advice, expertise, and leadership within the team.
6. To supervise care for service users presenting with complex and high-risk needs.
7. To work autonomously, reaching clinically appropriate decisions based on information received.
8. To act as a mentor for students.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Appropriate professional qualification or experience at Degree Level e.g., RMN, AHP, Social Worker.
* Evidence of post-registration study/continuing professional development e.g., Mentorship in Practice.
* Working towards master level education.
Knowledge/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.
Skills
* Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
* Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit.
* Leadership skills and ability to work within a divisional management team.
To apply, please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence.
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