Job summary
This post is also available as a Band 5 Preceptorship to Band 6.
Warrington Recovery Team (Adult Community Hub) are looking to recruit a dedicated and committed B6 Senior Nurse Practitioner to come and join our wonderful, supportive Team.
We are a highly regarded, well led multi disciplinary service, providing excellent care, treatment and support to adults with significant mental health needs, within the Borough of Warrington.
As a B6 Senior Nurse Practitioner in the Team, you will be providing NICE guidance interventions, working as part of an MDT, to provide care, treatment and support, for services users with significant mental health needs. You will work closely with carers and families, and be confident in liaising with our partner agencies, to achieve best outcomes for our service users.
Our office base is Wakefield House and our office hours are currently Mon to Fri 9-5.
Main duties of the job
As a B6 SNP in the Team, you will work as part of an MDT, to provide care, treatment and support, for services users with complex mental health needs, providing specific NICE guidance interventions.
You will also undertake clinic duties as required and contribute to our office duty on a rota basis.
The role will require you to liaise with other services and work closely with carers and families, alongside our wider partner agencies, to ensure the best outcomes for our service users.
The Team has a strong value base, centred on caring and commitment. You will receive ongoing clinical and management supervision and have opportunities for CPD as part of this role.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for full list of duties and responsibilities.
The Team welcome any informal contact from candidates, prior to interview, who may wish to discuss this role in more detail.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for full list of duties and responsibilities.
The Team welcome any informal contact from candidates, prior to interview, who may wish to discuss this role in more detail.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained), on the appropriate part of the NMC register and hold a current NMC registration
- Assessor/Mentorship Training
Desirable
- Post registration training in relevant field
- Leadership/Management training
- Assessor/Mentorship Training
Knowledge/experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an acute environment.
- Experience of mentorship, supervision and co-ordination of staff.
- Experience of working as a Nurse in Charge/Shift Co-ordinator
- Experience of Care Planning process
- Working in a multiagency framework
- Demonstrate a contribution to change management process
- Experience in positive leadership of a team
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Recovery Model
- Mental Health Act (1983)
- Effective Care Coordination
- Relevant National policies and guidance
- Evidence based and reflective practice
- Mental Capacity Act
- Vulnerable Adults Procedure and Child Protection.
- Safety, Privacy and Dignity Guidelines
Desirable
- An overview of the Trust's objectives
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change Oriented
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate sound leadership qualities and an understanding of management styles
- Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
- Ability to delegate and coordinate
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to utilise Assessment skills and tools effectively
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Ability to maintain accurate and up to date clinical records
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Effective time & workload management
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to identify and minimise risk effectively
- IT skills
- Ability to travel in the course of performing duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained), on the appropriate part of the NMC register and hold a current NMC registration
- Assessor/Mentorship Training
Desirable
- Post registration training in relevant field
- Leadership/Management training
- Assessor/Mentorship Training
Knowledge/experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an acute environment.
- Experience of mentorship, supervision and co-ordination of staff.
- Experience of working as a Nurse in Charge/Shift Co-ordinator
- Experience of Care Planning process
- Working in a multiagency framework
- Demonstrate a contribution to change management process
- Experience in positive leadership of a team
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Recovery Model
- Mental Health Act (1983)
- Effective Care Coordination
- Relevant National policies and guidance
- Evidence based and reflective practice
- Mental Capacity Act
- Vulnerable Adults Procedure and Child Protection.
- Safety, Privacy and Dignity Guidelines
Desirable
- An overview of the Trust's objectives
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change Oriented
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate sound leadership qualities and an understanding of management styles
- Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
- Ability to delegate and coordinate
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to utilise Assessment skills and tools effectively
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings.
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Ability to maintain accurate and up to date clinical records
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
- Effective time & workload management
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to identify and minimise risk effectively
- IT skills
- Ability to travel in the course of performing duties.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
