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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Internal rotation)
Job ref
350-MHC6719003
Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alt ward
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/11/2024 23:59
Interview date
19/11/2024

Employer heading

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse

Band 5

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Alt ward to  work as a Nurse practitioner.  Alt is a 17 bedded acute adult ward, who provides mental health and physical health support to both male and females.   

This is a demanding and challenging role where, as a successful candidate, you will be required to demonstrate high levels of resilience, excellent problem solving and inter-personal skills as well as the ability to provide sound clinical and leadership  support to team members.

The post holder will also demonstrate a passion for coaching leadership style, quality improvement and  attitude which respects and values service users’ choice and works alongside them and their carers to ensure they are at the centre of care planning.

This post is subject to an enhanced check with adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Main duties of the job

he main duty is to be working as a registered nurse practitioner on Dee ward 

This will include working a variety of shift patterns including earlies, lates , long days and night duties. 

To promote and provide safe and good patient care to all service users and support their families

To be able to work within a team and autonomously when appropriate to ensure that service is delivered. 

To work as part of a multi disciplinary team and liaise with all agencies to promote safe and up to date practice for service users. 

 

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

Assess patient/client conditions and consider a range of options when delivering complex and highly complex clinical care.

Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment 

Ensure that clinical are appropriately delegated to the relevant team member.

Provide data that supports the monitoring of team contract and objectives.

Participate in audits and research, as required.

Participate in individual and group supervision.

In conjunction with the service management, ensure systems are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and delivery.

Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the service management

Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support any investigations as delegated by the service lead.

Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.

Provide support to team members holding responsibility for mentoring students.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate professional qualification by RMN AHP Social Worker

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
  • A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights

VALUES

Essential criteria
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Essential criteria
  • Able to communicate effectively
  • Posses good listening and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work as a member of a team
  • Be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base regarding: Effective Care Co-ordination, Care Planning and evaluation, Quality and clinical audit, Health & Safety/Risk Management, Mental Health Act
  • Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurse’s responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Zoe Edwards
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 330 7317
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