• Job Description

  Req#: C9350-25-0629?language=en&page=732&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  This role will be based in Liverpool.

  An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Step Forward Team as a Mental Health Lead working across the Mental Health Care Division footprint. The posts will be based on a neighbourhood level, delivering a population based approach to care focusing on prevention and early intervention for mental health.

  We are looking to recruit x 1 Permanent Band 7 Mental Health Practitioner to join the Step Forward Team and be part of and lead the development of the service. Using senior level leadership and clinical skills you will input to provide seamless, integrated, responsive and holistic care throughout each service users individual journey.

  The role will focus on the interface between Primary and Secondary care, adopting a collaborative care model to ensure that we provide access to rapid evidence-based clinical input and specialist clinical support when appropriate.

  Main duties of the job

  You will be working in primary care settings working with specific PCN's, Integrated Care Teams and with Community Mental Health Teams /other specialist teams.

  The post requires working autonomously and as part of a team. Resilience and adaptability in approach are expected as well as the ability to offer and receive support from colleagues within the team. You will be expected to spend time developing good working relationships with colleagues across Primary and secondary care, VCSFE and local networks to facilitate collaborative integrated working.

  This role requires senior clinical and operational management skills and experience.

  Clinical oversight and leadership skills are necessary for the role.

  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

  06 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  350-MHC7144936

  Job locations

  Step Forward Service Liverpool

  Liverpool

  L13 4AW

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities of the role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities of the role.

  Person Specification

  Skills

  Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
  • Possess good listening and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team ? Professional attitude.
  • Flexibility
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Leadership skills

  Desirable

  • Computer literate

  Knowledge/Experience

  Essential

  • Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care within the community setting.
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff.
  • Knowledge of developments in community care and of health legislation
  • Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the community team.

  Desirable

  • Evidence of experience working with older people in a variety of health care settings.
  • Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered mental Health Nurse or appropriate professional qualification
  • Significant demonstrable post registration experience within mental health services
  • Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development

  Values

  Essential

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

  Person Specification

  Skills

  Essential

  • Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
  • Possess good listening and negotiation skills
  • Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team ? Professional attitude.
  • Flexibility
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Leadership skills

  Desirable

  • Computer literate

  Knowledge/Experience

  Essential

  • Proven experience of leadership and management of clinical care within the community setting.
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptorship and supervision and ability to provide education and supervision to qualified and unqualified staff.
  • Knowledge of developments in community care and of health legislation
  • Ability to contribute to developing nursing excellence within the community team.

  Desirable

  • Evidence of experience working with older people in a variety of health care settings.
  • Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered mental Health Nurse or appropriate professional qualification
  • Significant demonstrable post registration experience within mental health services
  • Evidence of post registration study / continuing professional development

  Values

  Essential

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Accountability
  • Respectfulness
  • Enthusiasm
  • Support
  • High professional standards
  • Responsive to service users
  • Engaging leadership style
  • Strong customer service belief
  • Transparency and honesty
  • Discreet
  • Change oriented

  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

  Step Forward Service Liverpool

  Liverpool

  L13 4AW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Step Forward Service Liverpool

  Liverpool

  L13 4AW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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