Community Mental Health Nurse

Job Overview

Do you want to work in a friendly, professional and patient-focused Community Mental Health Team where your skills, knowledge and experience would be valued?

We are after a band 5 mental health nurse to join our team. The successful applicant would work predominantly within the wellbeing clinic administering and monitoring the effectiveness of medications to patients with complex mental health conditions. You would be working as an autonomous practitioner managing an individual caseload of patients within a clinic and community setting.

The position is full time s per week and is based at Jocelyn Solly Resource Centre. The service operates 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. You would be joining a well-established, experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team that is always looking to evolve and adapt to changing practices in mental health care. The position includes actively engaging in service development as well as focusing on personal growth.

We would welcome anyone interested in applying to contact us to explore if this could be the role for you. Please feel free to informally contact Sue Brindley (Clinic Lead) or Jonathan Parker (Team Operations Manager) on or should you wish to discuss this exciting opportunity further.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 21st January and the proposed interview date is 2nd February.

The post holder will work autonomously, within a multi-disciplinary framework, to administer and monitor specialist medications as part of the wellbeing clinic.

As well as administering and monitoring medications, the successful applicant will also contribute to the effective running of the clinic: ordering medications, checking stock, physical health checks and maintaining the clinic machinery.

Excellent communication, clinic note writing, and assessment skills are essential for this post. Applicants should have sound working knowledge of mental health disorders and the Mental Health Act.

We are a friendly and supportive team upholding the core values of CWP. We offer a thorough induction period, which includes shadowing established team members. Supervision and training are mandatory with wider training / personal development readily available.

Access to transport for work purposes is essential as the post involves community visits to patients homes and external clinics.

Please see job description for more details.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

• RMN
• Ongoing registration with appropriate professional body
• Evidence of continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice

• Evidence of further professional development
• Knowledge of clinical pathways
• Knowledge of local and national initiatives and drivers
• Experience of joint assessment / working with Physical Health Services

• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience in writing comprehensive care plans and completing/ documenting risk assessments

• Post Grad experience
• Experience of liaison with other services

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.

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