Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Practitioner
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Wallasey and West Wirral Community Mental Health Service
About the Role
The Wallasey and West Wirral Community Mental Health Service are seeking an enthusiastic community mental health nurses to join our very busy team.
Do you have a passion for supporting people within their own home to live as independently as possible? You will be joining a busy community mental health team who provides support to adults with a serious mental health condition such as Bipolar Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia, Severe Depression to maintain their quality of life and remain well in the community.
Requirements
We are ideally looking for a practitioner with experience of both functional and organic mental ill health. However, we would consider a nurse with experience of one of these areas as training and support will be given to develop your skills and experience.
If you are motivated and committed to delivering high quality evidence-based care and want to make a real difference to the lives of people living with a mental health condition, please feel free to contact us and apply.
Responsibilities
The post holder will work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary framework, undertaking assessments and coordinating the care of patients with both functional and organic mental illness.
The post holder will maintain a small caseload which will involve ongoing assessment: Formulation of care planning, risk assessments. Completing reviews and offering interventions to help improve wellbeing/outcomes for the individual and their families, signposting to other agencies as necessary. The post holder will be expected to be clinic based for majority of their role and be allocated duty practitioner as per rota. Excellent communication, report writing, and assessment skills are essential for this post. Applicants should have sound working knowledge of mental health disorders and the Mental Health Act.
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About Us
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 alongside ongoing supervision and support. Supervision and training are mandatory with wider training / personal development readily available.
Access to transport for work purposes is essential.
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.
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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.
Application
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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Peter Evans
- Job title: Team Manager
- Email address: peter.evans10@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 3003033157
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100
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