Community Mental Health Nurse | Mersey Care Nhs Foundation Trust

Community Mental Health Teams based in Baird House is looking to recruit a male 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 and completing holistic assessments of their needs and collaborative care planning.
Working alongside the community excellence work and being part of the implementation in the team.
There is a specific need for a male Mental Health Nurse within our team due to the acuity and risks involved in the caseload which will be part of the role.
There are well established multidisciplinary teams and the roles will involve working alongside clinicians from other professions to support people with dementia and Mental Health conditions and their carers who are living in the community. The post holder will receive regular supervision and support.
The post holder will be based within the Community Mental Health Team and :
• Act as the care coordinator/named professional for a caseload of people with Mental Health problems.
• Provide assessments and develop treatment plans for service users on caseload
• Supervise band 5 staff and support workers
• Participate in team meetings , MDT meetings and training opportunities
• Provide support and advice for service users and carers
• Support people with complex needs and provide advice and guidance as people’s needs change
• Participate in delivery of group interventions
• Liaise with colleagues and coordinate care for service users on caseload
• Support and monitor the service user whilst commencing medication
• Work collaboratively with other members of the MDT
• Attend regular supervision meetings
• Will be expected to carry complex caseload which will include MOJ-37/41
• CTO
• Tribunal reporting
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.
Duties will include, further details in job description,
To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning,
implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as identified in the care plan.
To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
To undertake and supervise risk assessments and formulation of risk management plan for service users under your care, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team, family members carers and significant others.
To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adults requirements are followed and participate in meetings as appropriate.
To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings.
To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Jan 2024