Job summary
Are you an experienced inpatient nurse?
Do you have life experience?
Do you consider yourself to be emotionally resilient?
Are you caring, compassionate, flexible and have excellent communication skills?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for band 6 Senior Clinical Nurse on Heys Court.
Working on Heys Court 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!
Interviews planned for 22nd Dec 2023
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 Heys Court.
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.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details or required skills, duties and responsibilities for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details or required skills, duties and responsibilities for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse.
Desirable
- Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- Proven experience of leadership and management
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
- Possess excellent listening and negotiation skills.
- 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.
Desirable
- Ability to assist in the process of standard setting and audit.
- Computer literate.
- Clinical Leadership skills.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Professional attitude.
- Flexibility.
- Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the ward area.
- On going post-registration development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse.
Desirable
- Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- Proven experience of leadership and management
Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
- Possess excellent listening and negotiation skills.
- 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.
Desirable
- Ability to assist in the process of standard setting and audit.
- Computer literate.
- Clinical Leadership skills.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Professional attitude.
- Flexibility.
- Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the ward area.
- On going post-registration development.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
