Nursing Associate in Community Mental Health - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Are you looking for a change in career, and do you like working in a challenging and rewarding setting? Do you want to build on, and enhance, the high level of skills and experience you already possess? If so, why not consider the opportunity to join the Early Intervention in Psychosis team.

The service works with people between the ages of who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis.


We are looking for a qualified nursing associate, who is motivated, enthusiastic, self-directed and keen to work alongside the MDT to improve the mental health and physical health of our service users.

You will be involved in the patient journey from assessment through to offering interventions which support service users to recover from psychosis inclusive of physical health assessments.

The service delivers both managerial supervision and clinical supervision from specialist staff. There is in-house training on all aspects of the service including psychological formulation and assessment skills.

Preferably you will have experience of working in a community setting with service users who have experienced mental health difficulties, but this is not essential.


You will be an effective communicator and listener with a compassionate nature and a commitment to delivering outstanding patient care, every time.

An Associate Nurse

Compassionate and competent

Willing to learn

Flexible in their approach

Committed to improving Quality of Care delivery

Able to prioritise your workload

A strong communicator and listener

background in physical health reviews (training provided)


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.


Work as part of a designated clinical and care team delivering care that focuses on the direct needs of the individual and their family.


Holistically support people to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing, promoting health and preventing ill health.


Develop understanding of all elements of the nursing process and be able to assist the registered nurse in the ongoing assessment, planning, management and evaluation of care.


To recognise changes in a patients' condition which require the intervention of others and understand when to refer to the supervising registered nurse and other senior colleagues for reassessment of patient care.


To work in collaboration with others to ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients with the aim of avoiding readmission.


To perform procedures as detailed within the NMC Standards for proficiency for Nurse Associate to meet the nursing needs of the patients in their care.

To ensure that high standards of nursing care are delivered and maintained.

To act and raise concerns when standards are not being maintained following local policy and procedures.


To act as an advocate for the patient and the family, including promoting and protecting their interests, privacy and rights, equality and inclusion.

To be involved in Trust Initiatives to improve patient safety and care.


To ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and to act when standards are not being maintained.

To work within the NMC code of professional practice, and within policies, procedures and guidelines of the Trust.

To be flexible to work within areas or departments to meet the demands of changing service needs.

Recognise and work within the limits of their competence highlighting as appropriate any areas for personal development.


MANAGERIAL


To communicate with the team leader/nurse in charge and collect data in order to participate in the smooth running and organisation of the department.

To support junior and senior colleagues in their roles and be resilient to manage change.


To support the team leader/nurse in charge in risk assessment and minimisation, ensuring incidents and near misses are reported appropriately.

To manage verbal complaints, inform team lead
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