Mental Health Nurse - Clock View Hospital | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Walton, UK is seeking a dedicated care coordinator to oversee service user assessments and care plans. You will liaise with families and lead unqualified staff to ensure high-quality care delivery. Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and experience in health care coordination are essential for this role. The position allows for flexible working arrangements, promoting a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in coordinating care for service users under supervision.
• Ability to develop and evaluate care plans based on assessed needs.
• Skills in risk management planning and communication with families.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care through assessment planning and evaluation.
• Develop individual care plans based on user needs.
• Liaise with families when creating care plans.
• Oversee high standards of care delivery by unqualified staff.
• Participate in setting care standards based on research.
• Monitor service user evaluations with supervisor guidance.

Skills

Care coordination

Assessment planning

Communication skills

Mental Health Act knowledge

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 are at the heart of everything we do, they are: Continuous improvement; Accountability; Respect; Enthusiasm; 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.

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 unregistered staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.

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.

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 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.
• 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 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 service users and their carers when the Mental Health Act is being used to admit the service user to hospital, and 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 Council regulations are adhered to.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025