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Community Mental Health Nurse - Older Adults
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 18 day(s) ago
Reference: 2342338
Job summary
Come and join us for an exciting opportunity in Older Adult CMHT at Southport, Hartley Hospital. We are working towards delivering a thoroughly modern mental health service that offers excellent standards of care and meaningful interventions to our service user population.
As a team we support older adults aged over 70 with a functional mental illness and we offer assessment, diagnosis and treatment to anyone with concerns about dementia.
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 and in a timely manner between multiple sites in order to perform their duties.
Main duties of the job
Working in an Older Adult Community Mental Health Team, you will be expected to deliver high quality, recovery focused mental health interventions to the population of North Sefton. This will include working with service users with a functional or organic mental illness. This may range from:
- a brief therapeutic intervention with some key working responsibilities
- supporting a more complex package of care to meet the needs of a vulnerable client.
- Completing routine reviews of memory medication to be able to feed back to MDT.
- Supporting more senior team members with our duty role
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
15 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
350-MHC8279159
Job locations
Hartley Hospital
1b Curzon Road
Southport
PR8 6PL
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 or experience at Degree Level Registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- Evidence of post registration study.
- Approved training in phlebotomy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide range of people with mental health concerns.
- A demonstrated understanding of the human rights act.
Desirable
- Experience of working within an MDT
- Experience of working with an older adult population
Knowledge
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate sound knowledge base regarding: Effective care coordination, care planning and evaluation, quality and clinical audit, risk management and mental health act.
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of the NMC 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
Values
Essential
- Continuous improvment - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all.
- Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care
- Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way
- Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it
- Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate professional qualification or experience at Degree Level Registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- Evidence of post registration study.
- Approved training in phlebotomy
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide range of people with mental health concerns.
- A demonstrated understanding of the human rights act.
Desirable
- Experience of working within an MDT
- Experience of working with an older adult population
Knowledge
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate sound knowledge base regarding: Effective care coordination, care planning and evaluation, quality and clinical audit, risk management and mental health act.
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of the NMC 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
Values
Essential
- Continuous improvment - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all.
- Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care
- Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way
- Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it
- Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage
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
Hartley Hospital
1b Curzon Road
Southport
PR8 6PL
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
Hartley Hospital
1b Curzon Road
Southport
PR8 6PL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)