Community Mental Health Nurse

Mersey Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is offering a Band 5 community post based at Baird House, Windsor CMHT. The role involves coordinating care, assessing and planning with service users, and working across multiple sites with regular supervision and support.

You will travel regularly between sites to deliver high standards of safe, evidence-based care. Flexible working options will be considered where possible and NHS development opportunities provided.

Qualifications

• Essential: Appropriate professional qualification by RMN or AHP Social Worker.
• Desirable: Degree; Evidence of post-registration study; Approved training in phlebotomy.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the care of service users, including assessment planning, implementation and evaluation under CPA guidelines and supervision.
• Ensure care plans meet assessed needs with unqualified staff delivering care as laid out.
• Liaise with family members, carers and significant others during assessment and care planning.
• Develop risk management plans and ensure actions are understood by the team.
• Direct unqualified staff to deliver high standard care.
• Participate in setting standards for care based on evidence and research.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluating service users with supervision guidance.
• Communicate with multi-disciplinary team about relevant information affecting service user care.
• Use verbal and non-verbal communication to convey sensitive information.

Skills

Effective communication

Active listening

Teamwork

Negotiation

Education

RMN

AHP/Social Worker

Job description

Job summary

Come and join us for a unique job opportunity at Windsor CMHT, base at Baird House. We're working towards delivering a thoroughly modern mental health service that offers excellent standards of care and meaningful interventions.

This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is interested in developing as a practitioner and person. Development opportunities will be available and regular clinical supervision and support will be provided.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a community based post which will required the post holder to travel regularly between multiple sites in order to perform their duties.

Main duties of the job

• 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 laid down in the care plan.
• To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
• To develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
• 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 that you have responsibility for with guidance from a supervisor.
• To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information which has an impact on the service user's care.
• To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.

About us

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.

Closing date:

28 October 2026

Pay scheme:

Agenda for change

Band:

Band 5

Salary:

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:

Full-time

Reference number:

350-MHC8320977

Essential Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification by RMN, AHP Social Worker

Desirable Qualifications

• Degree
• Evidence of post registration study.
• Approved training in phlebotomy

Essential Experience

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

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Essential Knowledge

• Be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base regarding: Effective Care Co ordination - Care Planning and evaluation - Quality and clinical audit.
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurse's responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base.

Desirable Knowledge

• Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit.

Essential Skills

• Able to communicate effectively.
• Possess good listening and negotiation skills
• Ability to work as a member of a team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Baird House, Liverpool innovation Park, Edge Lane, Liverpool, L7 9NJ, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader Elaine Murphy

[e-mail]

01513008001