Senior Nurse Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Coalville; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working requests considered

Ongoing clinical and management superv

CPD opportunities

Job summary

The Warrington Recovery Team within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Nurse Practitioner on a 36-hour week, with a preceptorship route to Band 6 for B5 holders. The role focuses on delivering NICE guidance interventions for adults with significant mental health needs, in a multidisciplinary setting.

You'll work from Wakefield House, liaising with carers, families and partner agencies, and supervise staff while managing a defined caseload.

Qualifications

• Degree-level professional qualification or RMN registration.
• Post-registration CPD or mentorship in practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver NICE guidance interventions to adults with significant or complex mental health needs.
• Provide care, treatment and support as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Act as duty practitioner.
• Liaise with other services and partner agencies.
• Work with carers and families to achieve best outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Caseload management

Clinical governance

Education

RMN registration

Degree-level qualification

Tools

DATIX

Job description

The Warrington Recovery Team, within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust's Adult Community Hub, is recruiting a Senior Nurse Practitioner on a 36-hour week; B5 staff may apply as a preceptorship route to B6. The post centres on delivering NICE guidance interventions within a multidisciplinary team for adults with significant mental health needs, including duty practitioner work. Day-based office hours from Wakefield House involve close liaison with carers, families and partner agencies. Applicants need degree-level or RMN training and at least two years' post-registration mental health experience.

What the job involves

• Deliver NICE guidance interventions to adults with significant or complex mental health needs
• Provide care, treatment and support as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Act as duty practitioner
• Liaise with other services and partner agencies
• Work closely with carers and families to achieve the best outcomes for service users

Qualifications

• Degree-level professional qualification or equivalent experience, such as RMN
• Post-registration study or CPD, such as mentorship in practice

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration mental health experience
• Leadership and management, including supervising staff
• Managing cases and caseloads
• Partnership working with agencies, service users and carers
• Audit, research and working knowledge of clinical governance
• Change management and policy formulation

Skills & knowledge

• Effective verbal and non-verbal communication
• Flexible, responsive approach to service change
• Leading standard setting and audit
• Generating own workload and meeting strict deadlines
• Knowledge of mental health legislation and CMHF/ECC guidelines
• Knowledge of professional Codes of Conduct and of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision

Other

• Experience using incident reporting systems such as DATIX
• Involvement in Serious Untoward Incident reviews

Nice to have

• Working towards master's level education
• Knowledge of Right Care Right Person

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests considered
• Ongoing clinical and management supervision
• Opportunities for CPD