Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 350-MHC7477189
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broadoak unit
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/10/2025
Employer heading
Mental Health Nurse - Harrington Ward
Band 5
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
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 service users 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 assisting in assessment, planning and evaluation and review of care, within a recovery focused model of care.
Where appropriate, to take part in a 24 hour system of rostering including internal rotation.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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 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 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
Essential criteria
- Appropriate professional qualification - RMN
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Evidence of post registration study.
- Mentorship Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
- A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Knowledge&skills
Essential criteria
- 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
- Health & Safety/Risk Management Mental Health Act
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- James Cargill
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 250 5036
- Additional information
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