Mental Health Nurse - Harrington Ward

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Liverpool is seeking a registered mental health nurse to provide high-quality, evidence-based care for service users. Applicants should have a degree, post-registration study, and experience working with mental health problems. This role offers training and development opportunities in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Access to training and development

Opportunities for post-registration training

Qualifications

• 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 multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, evidence-based care for service users within inpatient and community services.
• Coordinate the care of service users, and develop care plans.
• Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team about service users' care.

Skills

Effective communication

Good listening skills

Negotiation skills

Ability to work in a team

Education

Degree

Evidence of post registration study

Job description

Acute mental health care is a fast paced, dynamic environment. This leads to the teams on our wards working closely together and developing strong, supportive bonds. The experience you gain whilst working on our wards is invaluable.

Whether you are already an experienced registered mental health nurse and are looking for a change or a newly qualified nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to complete your preceptorship, this is the opportunity for you.

Our registered nurses are supported to provide the highest possible care, with access to training and development, with many being offered the opportunity to support their learning with post registration training opportunities so we welcome all applicants.

It`s an exciting time at Mersey Care as we continue to develop the highest quality services, supported by cutting edge innovation and research.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality, evidence based care for serviceusers and their carers within inpatient and community services.

To carry out your duties as a practitioner under the supervision of a mentor.

To function as an associate nurse/named nurse/care coordinator/ to service users assistingin assessment, planning and evaluation and review of care, within a recovery focused modelof care.

Where appropriate, to take part in a 24 hour system of rostering including internal rotation.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

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.

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

• Degree
• Evidence of post registration study.

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 multidisciplinary team.

Knowledge&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
• 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

Values

• Accountability
• Respect
• Support

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.