Community Mental Health Nurse

Our Community Mental Health Team supports individuals with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. This community based role requires regular travel between multiple sites to carry out duties.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead professional for a caseload of complex people with dementia and mental health problems.
• Provide assessments and develop treatment plans for service users on caseload.
• Supervise band5 staff and support workers.
• Participate in team meetings, MDT meetings and training opportunities.
• Provide support and advice for service users and carers.
• Support people with complex needs and provide advice and guidance as needs change.
• Participate in delivery of group interventions.
• Liaise with colleagues and coordinate care for service users on caseload.
• Support and monitor the service user whilst commencing medication.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the MDT.
• Attend regular supervision meetings.
• Manage a caseload of clients with mental health conditions including dementia, acting as lead professional and providing nursing assessments and interventions on an individual and group basis.
• Provide supervision for junior staff and students.
• Operate within a 7‑day shift pattern between 8:00am and 9:00pm.

Qualifications

• Appropriate professional qualification or experience at Degree Level (e.g. RMN, AHP, Social Worker).
• Evidence of post‑registration study / continuing professional development (e.g. Mentorship in Practice).
• Minimum of 2years post‑registration experience in mental health.
• Evidence of leadership and management skills.
• Experience of managing cases & caseloads and supervising staff.
• Experience of working in partnership with other agencies and service users and carers.
• Experience of audit/research and working knowledge of clinical governance.
• Experience in change management and policy formulation.
• Ability to work autonomously across the organisation and with other agencies.
• Experience of using Incident Reporting Systems (e.g. DATIX).
• Experience of undertaking and involvement in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and non‑verbally.
• Being responsive, flexible and seeing change as an opportunity to improve services.
• Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit.
• Leadership skills and ability to work within a divisional management team.
• Ability to generate own workload and meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to build purposeful relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven knowledge of relevant mental health legislation and CPA ECC guidelines.
• Demonstrate knowledge of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to junior staff.
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of professional Codes of Conduct and staff responsibility to identify gaps in knowledge.

All candidates are encouraged to apply. Mersey Care is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

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