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Job summary

Main area
Integrated Nursing
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (across 7 days / nights)
Job ref
350-CC6775918-A
Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Longmoor House
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/11/2024 23:59

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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse (RGN) - Longmoor House

Band 5

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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. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for Band 5 registered nurses to work within Longmoor House.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have worked in partnership to develop a brand new physical health service to improve patient outcomes.  Longmoor House is a newly refurbished Integrated Care Unit that provides step down capacity from acute trusts for medically optimised patients where it is anticipated that there are ongoing nursing, therapy and reablement needs. 

In joining the team you will have the opportunity to

  • work in a supportive and caring environment
  • have the opportunity to develop professionally
  • Deliver great healthcare and make a positive difference in patients’ lives
  • Work within an integrated team with all members of the MDT and partner services
  • Work in a state of the art newly refurbished facility, utilising technologies to improve patient care

 

Main duties of the job

The service is based on a Nursing and Therapy reablement model and will focus on supporting individuals within a dedicated integrated adult service.

We are looking for qualified RGN Staff Nurses to join this exciting service development which is aimed at supporting a holistic recovery model.  Our combined expertise, revised pathways and community connections will enable more timely discharge in a person centred way.

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

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.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role.

They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered practitioner.
Desirable criteria
  • Mentor/teaching qualification, or equivalent, or equivalent work based experience.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of clinical experience in relevant field.
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical supervision experience.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of Clinical Governance, patient group directions and associated policies.
  • Understanding of audit process.
  • Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
  • Conflict resolution skills.
  • IT literate.
  • Work as member of a team.
  • Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of local and national quality initiatives.

Values

Essential criteria
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardCTP The Ministry of Defence partnering with Right ManagementNavajo - Merseyside and CheshireDisability confident employerCare Leaver CovenantStep into healthArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Joseph Cullen
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01512967108
Additional information