Staff Nurse

We are looking for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team which consists of neuro-psychiatry, neuro-psychology, nursing, OT, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and social work .

You will be working as a named nurse within the team on a twelve bedded inpatient unit which provides a service to a wide population with a variety of needs including cognitive, emotional and behavioural support.

You will receive regular supervision and have the opportunity to develop your knowledge base around the speciality of brain injury whilst maintaining your professional competencies around the knowledge and skills framework.

If you enjoy a challenge and can work with a team that strives to achieve common goals, we would be delighted to hear from you., To function as a named nurse to a defined group of service users, co-ordinating their assessment and planning, implementing and evaluating their care.

To take charge of the clinical area in the absence of a more senior qualified nurse, covering a 24-hour system of rostering; including internal rotation, as required.

. To act up for senior ward staff in their absence.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre is a Headway Accredited Service and strives to deliver perfect care for the people we serve., 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.