Community Mental Health Nurse - Clinic

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in England is looking for a Band 5 mental health nurse to join their friendly and professional Community Mental Health Team. The role involves managing an individual caseload, administering and monitoring medications within a wellbeing clinic. The position is full-time at 37.5 hours per week, based in Macclesfield. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication and assessment skills, alongside a sound knowledge of mental health disorders and the Mental Health Act. Training and support will be provided to ensure your success.

Benefits

Thorough induction period

Mandatory supervision and training

Opportunities for personal development

Qualifications

• Sound working knowledge of mental health disorders and the Mental Health Act.
• Proven ability in administering and monitoring medications.
• Experience working autonomously with an individual caseload.

Responsibilities

• Administer and monitor medications in a wellbeing clinic.
• Contribute to the effective running of the clinic.
• Engage in service development and focus on personal growth.

Skills

Excellent communication

Clinic note writing

Assessment skills

Knowledge of mental health disorders

Understanding of the Mental Health Act

Job description

Do you want to work in a friendly, professional and patient-focused Community Mental Health Team where your skills, knowledge and experience would be valued?

We are after a band 5 mental health nurse to join our team. The successful applicant would work predominantly within the wellbeing clinic administering and monitoring the effectiveness of medications to patients with complex mental health conditions. You would be working as an autonomous practitioner managing an individual caseload of patients within a clinic and community setting.

The position is full time at 37.5hrs per week and is based at Jocelyn Solly Resource Centre. The service operates 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. You would be joining a well-established, experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team that is always looking to evolve and adapt to changing practices in mental health care. The position includes actively engaging in service development as well as focusing on personal growth. The post holder will work autonomously, within a multi-disciplinary framework, to administer and monitor specialist medications as part of the wellbeing clinic.

As well as administering and monitoring medications, the successful applicant will also contribute to the effective running of the clinic.

• Ordering medications
• Checking stock
• Physical health checks
• Maintaining the clinic machinery

Excellent communication, clinic note writing, and assessment skills are essential for this post. Applicants should have sound working knowledge of mental health disorders and the Mental Health Act.

We are a friendly and supportive team upholding the core values of CWP. We offer a thorough induction period, which includes shadowing established team members. Supervision and training are mandatory with wider training / personal development readily available.

Access to transport for work purposes is essential as the post involves community visits to patients homes and external clinics.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.