Staff Nurse Specialist Mental Health Bed - Wirral

This permanent Staff Nurse post sits within the bed-based mental health services of Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, across the Brackendale, Brooklands, Riverwood, Lakefield and Meadowbank wards  wards take acute admissions, psychiatric intensive care, and eating disorder and rehabilitation inpatients, with nurses working alongside service users and carers in a multi-disciplinary team. Rotating shifts cover days, nights and weekends across the 24-hour service, including 12.5-hour shifts, with full and part-time hours offered.

• Provide mental health nursing care to adult inpatients on acute, psychiatric intensive care, eating disorder and rehabilitation wards
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating with service users, carers and other stakeholders
• Deliver high quality, safe, person-centred care that improves health, wellbeing and independence
• Work rotating shifts across days, nights and weekends, including 12.5-hour shifts
• Take charge of the service on occasion
• Deliver innovative care to excellent standards
• Take part in ongoing professional development

• RMN or RNLD qualification
• First level nurse qualification

• NMC registration

• Trained first level mental health nurse
• Experience working with adults with a learning disability

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Research-based knowledge and practical nursing skills
• Understanding of basic management principles
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Positive approach to information technology
• Up-to-date knowledge of current mental health legislation

• DBS check, costs deducted from salary after appointment

• Alignment with Trust values:
  Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion and Competency

• Experience of carrying out clinical supervision

• Training and development opportunities
• Clinical supervision and appraisal
• Staff training packages
• Development and leadership pathways
• Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
• Guaranteed Interview Scheme for eligible disabled and armed forces community applicants