Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-MHC6078445-B
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Albert Ward
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Nurse Inpatients
Band 6
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Job overview
Are you an experienced inpatient nurse?
Do you have life experience?
Are you caring, compassionate, flexible and have excellent communication skills?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for band 6 Senior Clinical Nurse on Albert ward.
Working on Albert ward is a dynamic environment, with a hard-working and dedicated family of staff who strive to provide consistent, high standards of care to the diverse client base that we care for.
The range of skills you can learn and develop while working on the ward is wide and varied, working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve.
If you think you have what it takes we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
Can you demonstrate the values of our Trust, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect and Enthusiasm?
If so look at the opportunity below……
We are looking to recruit band 6 Senior Clinical Nurse to Albert ward .
Ensuring the delivery of high standard of care to Service Users, providing support, supervision and education for colleagues, other professionals and students.
You will be required to provide clinical advice, expertise and leadership to Ward Staff. You will be required to liaise with other professionals and support the Ward Manager in developing the team and acting up as required.
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
Please see attached full Job Description and Person Specification for more details or required skills, duties and responsibilities for this post.
As a result of the post-holder being effective in their role, The Trust would expect to see the following outcomes for the Trust, service users and the wider community:
1. Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust as a leading provider of community services, mental health care, physical health, addiction services and learning disability care.
2. Service users receiving a high-quality service and one which is free from stigma, discrimination and harm.
3. Staff engaged with the delivery, innovation and continuous improvement of services to benefit service users.
4. Visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelled throughout the division for all managers.
5. The Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support will be embedded across the division for all staff and evident to service users.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development e.g., ENB 998 / Mentorship in Practice or D32, 33 NVQ
- Approved training in phlebotomy
- First line management e.g., Leo
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience at band 5 or above.
- Evidence of experience of working with people with mental health problems in a variety of health care settings.
- Knowledge of relevant Mental Health legislation
- Knowledge of Mental Health Nursing interventions
- Knowledge of clinical risk and Health & Safety Management
- Demonstrate knowledge of ECC 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
Desirable criteria
- Proven experience of leadership and management
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
Desirable criteria
- Ability to assist in the process of standard setting and audit.
- Computer literate.
- Clinical Leadership skills.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Professional attitude.
- Flexibility.
- Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the ward area.
- 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 Mclavey
- Job title
- Deputy ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 250 5071
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