Community Mental Health Practitioner

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in England is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Mental Health Team, providing maternity cover for adults.

The role focuses on adults, with potential work with patients with an organic illness, and offers opportunities to contribute to the development and delivery of community mental health services across the footprint.

Responsibilities

• Manage individual casework in the most efficient manner possible, whilst maintaining the highest standards of care.
• To manage a defined caseload.
• Maintain recording systems in line with trust standards.
• Delivering professional standards of care to the very highest using evidence based practice.
• Assisting medical staff, and members of the primary care team, voluntary agencies and other professionals, to meet the needs of the people of East locality.
• Participate in team meetings and review client care and needs with a senior members of the community mental health team,.
• Interpreting Trust and National Health Service policies for clients and family and professionals as required.
• Ensuring that all communications with colleagues, clients and families are clearly understood, giving written confirmation of verbal communications where there is observed to be a need.
• Promote the recovery agenda with service users.
• Taking responsibility for maintaining and advancing own professional knowledge and keeping abreast with current developments.

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Mental Health Team, working with Adults to support with maternity cover.

We are looking for an individual who is motived to support the development and delivery of Community Mental Health services across the team's footprint. The post will be focusing on adults but may also work with patients with an organic illness.

We would welcome informal discussions about the role should you wish to contact us.

Responsibilities

• Manage individual casework in the most efficient manner possible, whilst maintaining the highest standards of care.
• To manage a defined caseload.
• Maintain recording systems in line with trust standards.
• Delivering professional standards of care to the very highest using evidence based practice.
• Assisting medical staff, and members of the primary care team, voluntary agencies and other professionals, to meet the needs of the people of East locality.
• Participate in team meetings and review client care and needs with a senior members of the community mental health team,.
• Interpreting Trust and National Health Service policies for clients and family and professionals as required.
• Ensuring that all communications with colleagues, clients and families are clearly understood, giving written confirmation of verbal communications where there is observed to be a need.
• Promote the recovery agenda with service users.
• Taking responsibility for maintaining and advancing own professional knowledge and keeping abreast with current developments.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Peter Evans Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 03003033157

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