Duty Community Mental Health Nurse

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Job overview

Two posts available for a band 6 duty practiitoner

one based in knowlsey

one based in St Helens

Our Adults Community Mental Health Team supports individuals who have severe and enduring mental health difficulties. The team is a busy and skilled multi-disciplinary group which actively promotes close partnership working within the wider community.

If you feel you possess the values of Mersey Care NHS Trust we would welcome an application from you. Applicants should hold the professional qualification of a Registered Mental Health Nurse and have experience working in this field.

The role will include providing high quality evidenced based care, formulating risk management plans, supervising risk assessments, monitoring medications, administration of depots, providing expertise and advice, care co-ordination in the form of key worker and supervising junior staff members.

We require a strong commitment to working with service users with complex physical and mental heath needs, to assist them plan and take steps towards their recovery as well as promoting signposting to additional services and voluntary sectors.

The post holder will work within the wider team and a duty practitioner responding to service users in crisis during the teams working hours, alongside supervising junior members of staff and supporting student nurses.

Main duties of the job

• To be a point of contact for people with severe and enduring mental illness under recovery and psychological services
• Supervise band 5 staff and support workers within the team
• Participate in team meetings, MDT meetings and training opportunities
• Provide support and advice for service users and carers and their families.
• Support people with complex needs and provide advice and guidance as people's needs change
• Liaise with colleagues and coordinate care for service users on colleagues caseload if required.
• Support and monitor the service user whilst commencing medication
• Work collaboratively with other members of the MDT and wider team
• Attend regular supervision meetings and support student nurses on placement.

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.

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