Job Description

We are have an exciting secondment opportunity on Bridge Ward for a Senior clinical Nurse



This is an exciting opportunity for individuals interested and committed to delivering excellent service user care within a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment.



The range of skills you can learn and develop is expansive and varied. Working in this environment can encourage you to become a dynamic, creative, and strong leader as well provide you with the ability to think on your feet, problem solve and manage a challenging setting.



Through working for Mersey Care we encourage staff to gain further knowledge by enriching their skills through the opportunity to enrol on many of our development, leadership and training courses.



You will support the clinical team in the delivery of a high standard of care by assisting with and carrying out a range of duties as directed by registered staff. This will be in line with individual care and treatment plans for patients and service users.



You will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients, service users and their carers ensuring they are at the centre of care and treatment planning.



This will include working a variety of shift patterns including earlies, lates , long days and night duties.



To promote and provide safe and good patient care to all service users and support their families



To be able to work within a team and autonomously when appropriate to ensure that service is delivered.



To work as part of a multi disciplinary team and liaise with all agencies to promote safe and up to date practice for service users.



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.



Assess patient/client conditions and consider a range of options when delivering complex and highly complex clinical care.



Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment



Ensure that clinical are appropriately delegated to the relevant team member.



Provide data that supports the monitoring of team contract and objectives.



Participate in audits and research, as required.



Participate in individual and group supervision.



In conjunction with the service management, ensure systems are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and delivery.



Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the service management



Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support any investigations as delegated by the service lead.



Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.



Provide support to team members holding responsibility for mentoring students.