Mental Health Nurse - Alt Ward | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Walton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the North West is seeking a dedicated individual to join their team at Clock View hospital. In this role, you will coordinate the care of service users, developing care and risk management plans in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include ensuring effective communication with service users and their families, administering medication, and maintaining high standards of care. The position offers flexible working options, promoting a supportive and adaptable working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare setting is beneficial.
• Ability to develop care plans based on individual needs.
• Understanding of mental health legislation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate assessments and evaluations of service users.
• Develop risk management plans with team collaboration.
• Ensure high standards of care delivery to service users.
• Communicate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Administer medication safely according to Trust policies.

Skills

Communication Skills

Ability to Work in a Team

Knowledge of Mental Health Act

Patient Care Coordination

Risk Management

Job description

Overview

Join our team at Clock View hospital, which provides therapeutic environments and approaches to care designed to improve recovery, wellbeing and reduce lengths of stay. You’ll be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, working together with other healthcare professionals to deliver outstanding person-centred care.

Our Values

• Continuous improvement
• Accountability
• Respect
• Enthusiasm
• Support

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual.
• Liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
• 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.
• Direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
• Participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence-based and research findings.
• Participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users that you have responsibility for with guidance from a supervisor.
• 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. Use verbal and non‑verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.
• 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.
• Use skills gained through training and experience to give and receive information to other individuals with regards to a service user’s care in the reviews and multi‑disciplinary meetings. These individuals may be external to the Trust.
• Have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation.
• Support service users and their carers when the Mental Health Act is being used to admit the service user to hospital. Ensure that service user rights under the Mental Health Act are effectively communicated to them and outcomes documented.
• Provide and co‑coordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness.
• 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.

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

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Dec 2025