Mental Health Nurse Recruitment Event: Liverpool & Sefton inLiverpool/Sefton inLiverpool/Sefton PUBLISHED
TUE 24 DEC 2024
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust rDYcspZ6
The role involves developing risk management plans, liaising with service users' families, communicating effectively within the team, and adhering to mental health legislation such as the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. Additionally, nurses will coordinate therapeutic activities and ensure safe medication administration, as well as participate in care evaluation and strategy development based on evidence and research. The event aims to attract dedicated professionals who wish to make a meaningful difference in the mental health sector.
We are holding a recruitment event in January 2025 for qualified mental health nurses for our Sefton and Liverpool wards.
Sefton Wards available are:
Alt Ward, Morris ward, Dee Ward, Pine ward and Dunes ward.
Liverpool Wards Available are:
Brunswick Ward, Windsor Ward, Fern Ward and Rathbone Rehabilitation Centre.
Please note: Brunswick and Windsor Wards will be relocating to the brand new Mossley Hill site in Autumn 2025 .
You'll be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, working together with other healthcare professionals to deliver outstanding person-centred care.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, they are:
- Continuous improvement
- Accountability
- Respect
- Enthusiasm
- Support
If you share our values and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference, we want to hear from you.
To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the care programme approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual and that unqualified staff are delivering care as laid down in the care plan.
To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan
To develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
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- To coordinate the care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the guidelines of the Care Programme Approach and under the supervision of the line manager.
- To ensure that the service users care plan is developed to meet the assessed need of the individual.
- To liaise with family members, carers and significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan
- To develop a risk management plan for service users, taking note of the contributions from other members of the team. Ensure that all significant people are aware of the risk management plan and are actioning it appropriately.
- To direct unqualified staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of care to service users.
- To participate in setting standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings
- To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users that you have responsibility for with guidance from a supervisor.
- To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information which has an impact on the service users care
- To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.
- To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms or where English is not the first language
- To use skills gained through training and experience to give and receive information to other individuals with regards to a service users care in the reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings. These individuals may be external to the Trust
- To have knowledge of the Mental Health Act / Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation.
- To support services users and their carers when the Mental Health Act is being used to admit the service user to hospital. To ensure that service user rights under the Mental Health Act are effectively communicated to them and outcomes documented
- To provide and co-ordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness.
- To take responsibility for the safe administration of medication to service users ensuring that the Trust policies and procedures and the Nursing & Midwifery Councils regulations are adhered to
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