Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Community Mental Health Nurse

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs


North East England
Temporary
Clinical Nurse Consultant/CNC
GBP 32,073 - 39,043 per year

Posted 19 day(s) ago

Reference: 2420347


Job summary

Come and join us for a unique job opportunity at the Moss House CMHT. We're working towards delivering a thoroughly modern mental health service that offers excellent standards of care and meaningful interventions.

This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is interested in developing as a practitioner and person. Development opportunities will be available and regular clinical supervision and support will be provided.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a community based post which will required the post holder to travel regularly between multiple sites in order to perform their duties.

Main duties of the job

Working in Community Mental Health Team, you will be expected to deliver high quality, recovery-focused mental health interventions to the population of South Liverpool. This may range from a brief therapeutic intervention with some Key Working responsibilities, to a complex package of care to meet the needs of a vulnerable client.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills learned in training and to move forward with an exciting career with lots of opportunities for the future. Change is constant in NHS services, so we are looking for people who are adaptable to enable us to deliver high quality, sustainable services.

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.

Details
Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

350-MHC8281540

Job locations

Moss House CMHT

Moss Street

Liverpool

L19 2NA

United Kingdom


Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full detailsand requirementsof the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full detailsand requirementsof the role.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • Appropriate professional qualification by RMN, AHP Social Worker
Desirable
  • Degree
  • Evidence of post registration study.
  • Approved training in phlebotomy
Experience
Essential
  • Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
  • A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
Desirable
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Knowledge
Essential
  • Be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base regarding: Effective Care Coordination, Care Planning and evaluation, Quality and clinical audit, Health and Safety/Risk Management, Mental Health Act
  • Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurse's responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base.
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision.
Desirable
  • Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit.
Skills
Essential
  • Able to communicate effectively.
  • Possess good listening and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work as a member of a team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • Appropriate professional qualification by RMN, AHP Social Worker
Desirable
  • Degree
  • Evidence of post registration study.
  • Approved training in phlebotomy
Experience
Essential
  • Experience of working with a range of people with mental health problems
  • A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
Desirable
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Knowledge
Essential
  • Be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base regarding: Effective Care Coordination, Care Planning and evaluation, Quality and clinical audit, Health and Safety/Risk Management, Mental Health Act
  • Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurse's responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base.
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision.
Desirable
  • Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit.
Skills
Essential
  • Able to communicate effectively.
  • Possess good listening and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work as a member of a team.
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).

Employer details
Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moss House CMHT

Moss Street

Liverpool

L19 2NA

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details
Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moss House CMHT

Moss Street

Liverpool

L19 2NA

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)