Job overview

We are pleased to share this opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic mental health professional to join the Chester Community Mental Health Team.  (Qualified mental health Nurse).

The successful candidate would be joining an established, knowledgeable and enthusiastic team who support each other and daily deliver an exceptional service for its patients. 

We support the development of each team member to be the best they can be, and to achieve their own goals alongside delivering safe, effective and meaningful evidence based interventions for all of our patients.

We have robust systems in place to ensure that safety for our patients , staff and colleagues is a top priority, utilising a whole team approach to care. 

All team members support each other in the effective management and delivery of services, within this role you would experience a wide variety of duties, experiences and challenges making each day different, exhilarating and feeling a sense of real belonging and achievement.

This role involves supporting our clinic duties alongside key-working a varied yet manageable case load.

Main duties of the job

This is a great time to be joining the team following a period incremental positive changes and remodelling  to the way we deliver our services. 

The post holder will work  within a multi-disciplinary framework, undertaking assessments and coordinating the care of patients with both functional and organic mental illness.  

The post holder will support / lead aspects of our busy community clinics as well as key-work a caseload which will involve ongoing assessment, formulation, care planning, risk assessments, completing reviews and offering tailored interventions to help improve wellbeing/outcomes for the individual and their families, signposting to other agencies where necessary. 

Excellent communication, report writing, and assessment skills are essential for this post.  Applicants should have the appropriate qualifications, a comprehensive working knowledge of mental health disorders and of the Mental Health Act.

We are a friendly and supportive team upholding the core values of CWP.  We offer a thorough induction period, which includes shadowing established team members.

Supervision and training are mandatory with wider training / personal development encouraged and readily available. 

Access to transport for work purposes is essential in this community post.

Working for our organisation

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. 

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.