Job summary
- Main area
- Mental health care division
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 month pilot)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Earlies, Lates, Long Days and Nights.)
- Job ref
- 350-MHC7110837-A
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Albert ward, Broadoak Unit. Morris ward, Clockview Hospital
- Town
- Walton, Liverpool
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Nurse
Band 6
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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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 nurse to apply for as 12 month secondment as a band 6 nurse to support the Clinical Team Manager and Clinical Leadership Team to deliver high quality safe and effective care.
This post is for male wards only at this point.
Morris Ward
Albert Ward
This is a demanding and challenging role where, as a successful candidate, you will be required to demonstrate high levels of resilience, excellent problem solving and inter-personal skills as well as the ability to provide sound clinical and managerial support to team members.
The post holder will also demonstrate a passion for coaching leadership style, quality improvement and attitude which respects and values service users’ choice and works alongside them and their carers to ensure they are at the centre of care planning.
This post is subject to an enhanced check with adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assist the Clinical Team Manager in carrying continuing Professional and managerial responsibility for the ward.
The post holder will operate as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a balance of Managerial and Clinical activity. They will ensure continuity of care for service users on their journey through the acute service.
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 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Implement case load supervision to monitor the standards of service user care and ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
Participate in regular clinical supervision as per Trust policy
Assist in the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate service user assessments/referrals and models of care.
Provide information, education and support for family members, carers and other relevant professionals.
Give/receive regular managerial/clinical supervision as per Trust policy.
Ensure the clinical environment is conducive to promote service users health, safety and well-being, thereby preserving and respecting each service user’s personal dignity, privacy, religious and cultural beliefs.
Ensure record keeping is in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
Ensure the safe management of medicines and adhere to safe practice and principles of administration in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and Trust Medicines Code.
Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the Multi-disciplinary team.
Participate and promote positive intra-agency working.
Participate and assist in setting standards of service user care based on sound research findings.
Person specification
VALUES
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience at 6 band or above
- Knowledge of relevant Mental Health legislation
- Knowledge of Mental Health Nursing interventions
- Knowledge of clinical risk and Health & Safety Management
- Demonstrate knowledge of NMC guidelines
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurses’ responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base
SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally
- Possess excellent listening and negotiation skills
- Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the ward area
OTHER
Essential criteria
- Professional attitude
- Flexibility
- On going post-registration development
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
- Sam Mclavy, Candice Scott
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 330 7298
- Additional information
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