Mental Health Nurse

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent mental health service provider in Liverpool is looking for a professional to coordinate the care of service users, ensuring their needs are met. The role involves developing care plans, working with families, and leading a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive support. Applicants should have a relevant qualification and experience in mental health environments. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on individuals' lives through effective teamwork and individualised care.

Benefits

Flexible working requests considered

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals suffering from mental health issues.
• Understanding of equality and human rights principles.
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate assessments and care planning for service users.
• Work with families and caregivers to develop care plans.
• Oversee unqualified staff to ensure high standards of care.
• Develop risk management plans and monitor their implementation.
• Participate in evaluating the performance of service users.
• Effectively communicate important information to the team.

Skills

Effective communication

Good listening skills

Teamwork

Negotiation skills

Education

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) qualification

Degree

Evidence of post registration study

Approved training in phlebotomy

Job description

You'll be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, working together with other healthcare professionals to deliver outstanding person-centred care.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, they are:

• Accountability
• Respect
• Support

If you share our values and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference, we want to hear from you.

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.

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.

Job responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 users care
• To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.
• To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms or where English is not the first language
• To use skills gained through training and experience to give and receive information to other individuals with regards to a service users care in the reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings. These individuals may be external to the Trust
• To have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation.
• To support services users and their carers when the Mental Health Act is being used to admit the service user to hospital. To ensure that service user rights under the Mental Health Act are effectively communicated to them and outcomes documented
• To provide and co-ordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness.
• To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication to service users ensuring that the Trust policies and procedures and the Nursing & Midwifery Councils regulations are adhered to

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification by RMN, AHP Social Worker
• Degree
• Evidence of post registration study
• Approved training in phlebotomy

Experience

• Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
• A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Values

• Accountability
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet

Knowledge and skills

• Able to communicate effectively
• Possess 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 and 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
• Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision
• Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit

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.