Specialist Nurse

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, + Provide direct clinical nursing care to CMAGIC service users
+ Obtain bloods for routine screening
+ Deliver deep Intramuscular injections of GRNH analogues in line with clinical standards and profiles
+ Interview, assess and monitor the wellbeing of service users under direct care of CMAGIC utilising biopsychosocial principals
+ Support the delivery of treatment from colleagues
+ Understand role of, engage and refer to partner agents as appropriate
+ Maintain up to date knowledge of clinical issues and developments in the treatment of Gender Incongruence
+ Maintain record keeping in line with professional and Trust standards
+ Be an active member of MDT
+ To deliver training
+ Caseload managment
+ Engage in regular supervision and PACE reviews
+ Undertake and participate in research and audit as relevant to role and service objectives
+ Be aware of and adhere to Trust policies and procedures which are applicable to the role
+ Complete risk assessments and ensure that risks are identified and reported as they arise
+ Undertake appropriate training and act as a clinical mentor within the service. Support students and other learners in achieving learning outcomes by providing a learning environment with opportunities for observation and training
Professional Responsibilities
+ Maintain professional registration and adhere at all times to the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct
+ Ensure accurate and contemporaneous record keeping with due regard to confidentiality
+ Deal with difficult situations in relation to Child Protection/ Vulnerable adults and act according to Trust policy and current legislation
+ Undertake Trust mandatory training as required, ensuring compliance
Generic Responsibilities for all staff:
All post holders will agree to:
+ Commit to the vision of supporting Mersey Care in becoming a leading organisation in the provision of community services, mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care, and in doing so fully utilise their skills and experience to support the objectives of the Trust.
+ Role model the values of the Trust Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness, Enthusiasm and Support in all activities and interactions with employees, service users and other stakeholders
+ Challenge the stigma associated with mental health and learning difficulties.
+ Comply with the Duty of Candour, defined by Francis as: 'The volunteering of all relevant information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services, whether or not the information has been requested and whether or not a complaint or a report about that provision has been made.
+ Work across professional and organisational boundaries to improve services for all.
+ Maintain their specific knowledge base and develop new skills.
+ Value the contribution of the patient / service user voice.
+ Operate within any organisational codes of practice or those from a relevant professional body.
+ Respect equality and diversity across all areas of working practice and communications with staff, service users and other stakeholders.
+ Take responsibility for the accurate and timely collection and recording of data and ensuring all personally identifiable information is protected and used only for the purposes for which it was intended.
+ Comply with all health and safety legislation and local policies and procedures.
+ Adhere to all organisational policies.
+ Have knowledge and understanding of technology in the workplace which is sufficient to maintain their efficiency and also how technology can empower service users in a digital environment
+ Comply with the NHS Constitution in relation to the staff responsibilities that it sets out for NHS employees.
+ Attend a one day Just and Learning & Civility and Respect training work shop
+ Be an ambassador for Just & Learning and Civility & Respect following the training
+ Positively advocate the just and learning culture within your team
+ Be a confident supporter and implementer of the Trust CARES Values including Civility & Respect within your team.
+ Support their team/services to create a positive environment for Just and Learning Culture
+ Participate in Just and Learning Culture events.
+ Bring Just and Learning Culture updates/information to the attention of team members and other MCT colleagues they work with.
+ Support and encourage the sharing of concerns about the safety and quality of care with senior leaders with the aim of improving safety and quality.
+ Actively participate in creating an open culture within your team so that concerns and difficulties can be discussed safely and respectfully.
+ Speaking up in the event that they are exposed to incivility between colleagues in the workplace #iwillspeakup.
+ Listening and understanding others who have concerns and taking a collaborative approach to work towards a solution to improve civility and respect.
This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be reviewed in light of the changing needs of the Trust in consultation with the postholder.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.

Cheshire and Merseyside Adult Gender Identity Collaborative (CMAGIC) is a new NHS England pilot, establishing how Gender Incongruence can be best treated within a Primary Care setting. We are seeking a specialist nurse to support the delivery of this care and they will work closely with our MDT, local GP's, relevant partner agencies and of course directly with service users.
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in developing not only a new service, but a new way of delivering care for a disadvantaged service user group. The role will likely involve travel, so a car user is essential., To provide direct, clinical nursing care to the service users of the Cheshire and Merseyside Adult Gender Identity Collaborative (CMAGIC). This will involve direct and indirect care of services users of CMAGIC and an ability to work autonomously, as well as part of a wider team is essential. To be able to manage a caseload of patients and support patients throughout their journey.

Working for our organisation
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.