Total 11 job vacancies by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

An exiting opportunity has arisen within the Mental Health Care Division as we are looking to recruit a team of three Senior Clinical Nurse's within the Inpatient Service Line. The successful candidate's will provide senior clinical leadership and advice across the Inpatient Capacity and Flow portfolio of services. The post holder will report to the Head of Nursing and will work alongside service line Matrons and Clinical Service Managers in delivering safe and effective high quality inpatient care and innovative evidenced based practises.

The successful post holder's will evaluate existing nursing practice through audit and evaluation of expected practice standards. They will embrace a culture of continuous learning and service development utilising Patient Safety Incident Response Framework techniques and analysis of key safety indicators. They will highly value the experience of our service users, carers and workforce to inform and drive service improvement initiatives embracing a quality culture through strong clinical leadership. The post holder's will support the Head of Nursing with the implementation delivery and commitment to the service line patient experience strategy. They will be innovative in their thinking with a passion for clinical excellence both influencing and co producing strategies that address identified areas for improvement. They will support the Head of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing in shaping and developing relevant policy and procedure and will assist the ongoing review and development of inpatient clinical pathways in keeping with National Standards and Evidenced based interventions for service users across the Division.

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.

Please see the attached job description and personal specification for the full detailed job description and responsibilities.


This advert closes on Sunday 10 Nov 2024

The ICRAS service operates for 24 hours a day over 7 days.

ICRAS provides high quality, culturally sensitive, nursing and therapy treatment/interventions for people in their permanent or temporary place of residence (Hub rehab units). Promoting a co-ordinated approach to admission avoidance that facilitates a seamless service leading to improved health and social care outcomes.

Therefore reducing the incidence of re-admission through education seeking early intervention providing an evidence based approach to clinical practice to improved patient care.

ICRAS aims to prevent inappropriate and/or avoidable hospital admissions by providing short term, intensive, multidisciplinary and holistic assessment treatment of care, ensuring collaborative working with existing social care providers and other agencies.



The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

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.

Provide autonomous decision making as a practitioner adjunct to the shared decision making responsibility of a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Maintain the clinical governance framework to support the quality objectives of the unit, reflecting on care standards using clinical incident reviews, national benchmarking and taking responsibility in implementing the results of this practice.

Align role to deliver care according to national service frameworks and tackling and preventing health inequalities.

Support the multi-agency team on the ground with emphasis on a sound communication network.

Encourage and facilitate junior practitioners to participate in the delivery of various health care programmes and models of practice.

Facilitate the development of the skills and knowledge of the junior practitioners and health practitioner assistants through clinical supervision and perform their personal development reviews.

Ensure that the organisation of the ward over the shift period supports the efficient and effective delivery of care e.g. that the environment is clean, safe and supports privacy, dignity and confidentiality to patients.

Observe, assess and evaluate what is influencing the workload i.e. level of patient demand, supply of staff and what level of hands on care is required and plan for the following shift duration.

Contact bank service and arrange bank staff

Manage unproductive time and operational duties i.e. check work time cards of nursing staff within the team when required.

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


This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Sep 2024

The ICRAS service operates for 24 hours a day over 7 days.

ICRAS provides high quality, culturally sensitive, nursing and therapy treatment/interventions for people in their permanent or temporary place of residence (Hub rehab units). Promoting a co-ordinated approach to admission avoidance that facilitates a seamless service leading to improved health and social care outcomes.

Therefore reducing the incidence of re-admission through education seeking early intervention providing an evidence based approach to clinical practice to improved patient care.

ICRAS aims to prevent inappropriate and/or avoidable hospital admissions by providing short term, intensive, multidisciplinary and holistic assessment treatment of care, ensuring collaborative working with existing social care providers and other agencies.



The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

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.

Provide autonomous decision making as a practitioner adjunct to the shared decision making responsibility of a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Maintain the clinical governance framework to support the quality objectives of the unit, reflecting on care standards using clinical incident reviews, national benchmarking and taking responsibility in implementing the results of this practice.

Align role to deliver care according to national service frameworks and tackling and preventing health inequalities.

Support the multi-agency team on the ground with emphasis on a sound communication network.

Encourage and facilitate junior practitioners to participate in the delivery of various health care programmes and models of practice.

Facilitate the development of the skills and knowledge of the junior practitioners and health practitioner assistants through clinical supervision and perform their personal development reviews.

Ensure that the organisation of the ward over the shift period supports the efficient and effective delivery of care e.g. that the environment is clean, safe and supports privacy, dignity and confidentiality to patients.

Observe, assess and evaluate what is influencing the workload i.e. level of patient demand, supply of staff and what level of hands on care is required and plan for the following shift duration.

Contact bank service and arrange bank staff

Manage unproductive time and operational duties i.e. check work time cards of nursing staff within the team when required.

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


This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024

We wish to recruit nurses who have a clear understanding of developing the role of a nurse who can assess patients within a community. We work predominantly but not exclusively with older people. Our focus is ensuring patients health needs, often arisen from multiple co-morbidities and frailty, are met with the appropriate level of care. We work alongside the MDT to gain the best patient outcomes and facilitate patients to their preferred place of care, avoiding delay where possible. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to work in a team which delivers innovative, responsive services to meet both the needs of patients and the organisation. We are committed to staff development and you will have a named supervisor, the support of experienced colleagues and the opportunity to attend courses and training including leadership development.

The post holder will autonomously complete health needs assessments and continuing health care needs assessment to ensure that the appropriate care is in place. The post holder will ensure excellent levels of customer service for all patients/relatives and staff and will demonstrate improvements in quality and patient experience.



Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist inpatient and community mental health, learning disabilities, addiction and acquired brain injury services for the people of Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby, Merseyside. We also provide community physical health services in
Liverpool, Sefton, secure mental health services for the North West of England, the West Midlands and Wales and specialist learning disability services across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside.

Our ambition is to deliver perfect care to become the world’s leading organisation in holistic health and well being.

Mersey Care’s vision and values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Support (CARES) drive our organisation and the way we work together to deliver services. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate, during recruitment and any subsequent employment with the Trust, that their behaviour supports our values.

To work in collaboration with operational partners across the health and social care system to develop, monitor and expedite patient management plans for patient with complex needs. To facilitate, enable and support interdisciplinary decision making in order to achieve optimal and safe patient flow and the utilisation of all available resources to support the patients. The post holder will provide focussed support to patients, carers and staff covering all aspects of the admission and discharge process for patients admitted.


This advert closes on Wednesday 21 Aug 2024

We have an exciting new post: a Clinical Skills Facilitator that will sit within Leigh Moss Community Mental Health Team. The post holder will work into CQC registered Care Homes across Liverpool Place to identify mental health needs (both organic and functional). This is a dynamic role that will work closely with Care Homes to develop and deliver training, to formulate complex clinical presentations and provide specialist consultation as required. As this is a new post the role will support Care Homes to implement clinical policies at a local level to ensure the delivery of consistent high quality service.

With all of this in mind we are interested to hear from health care professionals (nurse, or allied health professionals) who are clinically experienced working with older people, dynamic in their approach to practice and highly motivated to engage with this exciting new role which affords both a clinical and educational interface.

To participate in the development and implementation of Clinical Practice and ensuring clinical and support staff have the skills and education to provide safe and effective
patient care.

To plan and implement learning programmes to meet specific service needs. Delivering regular learning programmes to large groups, one-to-one learning and bespoke clinical skills when necessary.

To provide support/training for staff working within the Care Homes.



To ensure that practice is evidence based and that policies, guidelines and
procedures are implemented and adhered to.


6To support the Community Matron in specific learning and development projects as directed by the Executive Director of Nursing.


To act as a clinical and educational role model for the Trust.


To work with managers and staff to ensure that clinical and basic care is monitored, and that best practice is promoted.


To develop learning and development programmes (these may be face-to-face or via other learning methods for example, e-learning) using specialist knowledge to develop high quality learning and development programmes.

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.

The post-holder will work with the Enhance Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Team in the development of clinical and basic care skills within CQC Registered Care Homes. Will work with EHCH Team to identify mental health needs in care homes, align these to the current skills of the
care home workforce and will develop and deliver training to individuals, groups or teams providing specialist advice as required. Will provide practical support to care home teams with the implementation of clinical policies at a local level to ensure consistent high-quality service.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

To participate in the development and implementation of Clinical Practice and ensuring clinical and support staff have the skills and education to provide safe and effective patient care.

To facilitate the staff in the team receiving regular and timely management supervision and Personal Achievement contribution and Evaluation (PACE). Supervision structure to be agreed.

To plan and implement learning programmes to meet specific service needs.
Delivering regular learning programmes to large groups, one-to-one learning and bespoke clinical skills when necessary.

To provide support/training for staff working within the Care Homes.

To ensure that practice is evidence based and that policies, guidelines and
procedures are implemented and adhered to.

To support the Community Matron in specific learning and development projects as directed by the Executive Director of Nursing.

To act as a clinical and educational role model for the Trust.

To work with managers and staff to ensure that clinical and basic care is monitored, and that best practice is promoted.

To develop learning and development programmes (these may be face-to-face or via other learning methods for example, e-learning) using specialist knowledge to develop high quality learning and development programmes.

To act as a change agent to support new ways of working.

To communicate and liaise with appropriate local and external stakeholders/agencies to enable the development of clinical practice.

To assist in the interpretation of national initiatives and to ensure that local clinical practice developments are in line with these initiatives.

To participate in the development, implementation and review of clinical standards, policies and care pathways to support practice.

To use own professional judgement when developing programmes of learning.

To cascade learning from development work to staff and managers.

To assist the EHCH Team to ensure that all clinical risks and risk management issues relating to clinical practice development are addressed.

To ensure appropriate training records, up to date spreadsheets and databases with training information are readily available, providing written reports when required.

To ensure the production of reports as requested of training/support given to staff.

To help maintain good communication, liaison and working arrangements within the Clinical Skills Team, Trust Divisions, other Trusts and other agencies.

To keep up to date will all relevant guidance and NHS initiatives and ensure the effective dissemination of relevant information as directed.

To contribute to relevant projects in relation to the development of the Trust’s organisation objectives as required/appropriate.

To comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.

To undertake any necessary skills training, professional updates and mandatory training as appropriate to the post.

To be able to accommodate change in a rapidly changing environment and encourage team members to embrace necessary change. Have a positive attitude to challenges and devise ways to make them happen.


This advert closes on Thursday 5 Sep 2024

The ICRAS service operates for 24 hours a day over 7 days.

ICRAS provides high quality, culturally sensitive, nursing and therapy treatment/interventions for people in their permanent or temporary place of residence (Hub rehab units). Promoting a co-ordinated approach to admission avoidance that facilitates a seamless service leading to improved health and social care outcomes.

Therefore reducing the incidence of re-admission through education seeking early intervention providing an evidence based approach to clinical practice to improved patient care.

ICRAS aims to prevent inappropriate and/or avoidable hospital admissions by providing short term, intensive, multidisciplinary and holistic assessment treatment of care, ensuring collaborative working with existing social care providers and other agencies.



The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership.

Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

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.

Provide autonomous decision making as a practitioner adjunct to the shared decision making responsibility of a member of the multidisciplinary team.

Maintain the clinical governance framework to support the quality objectives of the unit, reflecting on care standards using clinical incident reviews, national benchmarking and taking responsibility in implementing the results of this practice.

Align role to deliver care according to national service frameworks and tackling and preventing health inequalities.

Support the multi-agency team on the ground with emphasis on a sound communication network.

Encourage and facilitate junior practitioners to participate in the delivery of various health care programmes and models of practice.

Facilitate the development of the skills and knowledge of the junior practitioners and health practitioner assistants through clinical supervision and perform their personal development reviews.

Ensure that the organisation of the ward over the shift period supports the efficient and effective delivery of care e.g. that the environment is clean, safe and supports privacy, dignity and confidentiality to patients.

Observe, assess and evaluate what is influencing the workload i.e. level of patient demand, supply of staff and what level of hands on care is required and plan for the following shift duration.

Contact bank service and arrange bank staff

Manage unproductive time and operational duties i.e. check work time cards of nursing staff within the team when required.

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


This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Aug 2024

Applicants appointed to Band 5 will have a guaranteed offer of interview 12 months later where they will be interviewed against the Band 6 job description. Those with suitable qualification, knowledge, skills and experience will be appointed directly to the Band 6 position.'

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the health provider for the delivery of an Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) at both HMP Liverpool and HMP Altcourse. The service is designed to support the holistic mental health needs of our client group in partnership with our Physical Health providers and HMPPS colleagues.



The service provides individual and group-based interventions based on the needs of the population. The service is developing and will adopt the biopsychological model to inform practice and tailor interventions accordingly. These interventions will be individualised and trauma informed, alongside comprehensive risk assessment and management.

Core aims of the service are to improve mental and psychological wellbeing via a range of interventions, build the development of independent core skills, reduce risk, and advocate for mental health within the wider prison.

The post holder will be joining a dedicated team of clinical and from a range of backgrounds and experience. Team members have high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm (and humour!) and are committed to ensuring the on-going successful development of the service and the opportunities it provides for our population.

We are now recruiting 2 Senior Occupational Therapist to join our teams. There is 1 position available within each prison. The post holder will have clinical responsibilities via the provision of OT assessment, individual and group based therapeutic interventions based on the needs of the individual.

This will cover the array of clinical work that would promote occupational, psychological, recreational and supportive activity to meet the holistic needs of the individual. The post holder will also contribute to regular MDT meetings and be involved in the assessment and management of risk.

The post holder should have some experience of working with individuals with complex clinical and risk presentations including within institutional settings and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This should include work with clients whose needs may mean that they find it difficult to engage with services.

Experience of working in complex service and organisational settings is required alongside an ability to constructively manage the personal, professional and ethical opportunities and challenges such work can involve.

Within the IMHT’s, we prioritise the development of our staff team and have proven that we value and nurture diverse clinical interests. We are committed to creating an empowered staff team. We strive to be reflective and support of each other which is vital given the challenges this work can entail.

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.

To effectively manage a caseload of clients with complex needs as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence-based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.



Newly-appointed post-holders who are working towards the foundation gateway will have increased supervision with cases which are considered more complex.



To provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.



To participate in planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.



Maintain close links with other team members and liaise with external agencies.



To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust’s occupational therapy service.



To regularly supervise Occupational Therapy (OT) students in practice placement.






This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Aug 2024

To be actively involved in providing a pharmacy medicines management service to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. To ensure the provision of a comprehensive, confidential, accurate and timely secretarial and administrative service to the service manager and team members.
To assist the team in the delivery of strategic objectives incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

Shortlisting planned for: 17 July 2024

Interview planned for: 26 July 2024
1. Work with others in the medicines management administration team to develop and maintain appropriate administrative systems.
2. Provide high quality, confidential business support to the Associate Director of Medicines Management for Clinical Services.
3. Ensure the efficient coordination, prioritisation and achievement of short- and long-term goals related to the medicines management service.
4. Meet regularly with senior members of the medicines management team with regard to day-to-day operations and to ensure that paperwork is authorised in a timely manner.
5. Develop and maintain dashboards showing team performance against established key performance indicators.
6. Use own initiative to prioritise workload and escalate conflicting priorities to managers as appropriate.
7. Act as a key point of contact for senior members of the medicines management team.
8. Respond to all telephone, e-mail and general enquiries ensuring that appropriate messages are emailed, or action is taken, and referring to the relevant member of the medicines management team as necessary.
9. Receive and process all incoming mail and distribute to the relevant member of staff. Prioritise the mail ensuring all urgent issues are brought to the manager’s attention and take action as directed by the manager.
10. Ensure that all relevant staff are kept informed and updated on any issues/queries and seek clarification on what information requires immediate action.
11. Please refer to JD for more information

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.

-Prepare papers and agendas for meetings as required. Attend and transcribe minutes and distribute accordingly. Set deadlines for typing/ checking the notes and gathering agenda items to ensure timely distribution of paperwork.
-Co-ordinate the arrangement of meetings, visits, assessments and appointments for team members, both internally and externally. Organise hospitality and/or overnight accommodation if required and make necessary transport arrangements.
-Develop and maintain comprehensive filing and electronic filing systems for information received.
-Maintain appropriate supplies for the team, being responsible for all necessary ordering of supplies/ equipment.
-Complete stock and non-stock requisitions, order goods services and/or equipment for the team and act as authorised signatory where appropriate.
-Maintenance of computerised and paper-based staff records including annual leave, sickness absence, time off in lieu, bank shifts, overtime and carers leave. Receive and process invoices, in line with departmental procedures and policies, keeping a record of invoices paid.

Please refer to JD for job description and main responsibilities.


This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jul 2024

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the health provider for the delivery of an Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) at both HMP Liverpool and HMP Altcourse. The service is designed to support the holistic mental health needs of our client group in partnership with our Physical Health providers and HMPPS colleagues.

HMP Liverpool and HMP Altcourse are both Category B, male only, local prisons, in the Liverpool area.

The service provides individual and group-based interventions based on the needs of the population. The service is developing and will adopt the biopsychological model to inform practice and tailor interventions accordingly. These interventions will be individualised and trauma informed, alongside comprehensive risk assessment and management.

Core aims of the service are to improve mental and psychological wellbeing via a range of interventions, build the development of independent core skills, reduce risk, and advocate for mental health within the wider prison.

The post holder will be joining a dedicated team of clinical and from a range of backgrounds and experience. Team members have high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm (and humour!) and are committed to ensuring the on-going successful development of the service and the opportunities it provides for our population.

We are now recruiting 2 Senior Occupational Therapist to join our teams. There is 1 position available within each prison. The post holder will have clinical responsibilities via the provision of OT assessment, individual and group based therapeutic interventions based on the needs of the individual.

This will cover the array of clinical work that would promote occupational, psychological, recreational and supportive activity to meet the holistic needs of the individual. The post holder will also contribute to regular MDT meetings and be involved in the assessment and management of risk.

The post holder should have some experience of working with individuals with complex clinical and risk presentations including within institutional settings and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This should include work with clients whose needs may mean that they find it difficult to engage with services.

Experience of working in complex service and organisational settings is required alongside an ability to constructively manage the personal, professional and ethical opportunities and challenges such work can involve.

Within the IMHT’s, we prioritise the development of our staff team and have proven that we value and nurture diverse clinical interests. We are committed to creating an empowered staff team. We strive to be reflective and support of each other which is vital given the challenges this work can entail.

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.

To effectively manage a caseload of clients with complex needs as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence-based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.



Newly-appointed post-holders who are working towards the foundation gateway will have increased supervision with cases which are considered more complex.



To provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.



To participate in planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.



Maintain close links with other team members and liaise with external agencies.



To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust’s occupational therapy service.



To regularly supervise Occupational Therapy (OT) students in practice placement.






This advert closes on Sunday 7 Jul 2024

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist or Senior Psychotherapist to join us in the Liverpool Step Forward service. We provide a stepped model of Psychological care to those who might previously have ‘fallen through the gap’ between primary and secondary mental health services, with our intention being to reduce the possibility of longer term deterioration in people’s metal health by offering more timely earlier interventions.

The service currently comprises Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Practitioners and Assistant Psychologists. For senior psychological therapists, an interest in and substantial experience working with complexity including attachment trauma (using e.g. EMDR / CAT) models would be welcomed.

The successful candidate(s) will join a passionate and welcoming team and provide trauma-informed interventions to clients and carers aged 18 upwards with a range of difficulties. The successful candidate(s) will be supported with their training aspirations and in developing their leadership skills. There are opportunities to work remotely, and flexible working can also be offered. Whilst the post being advertised is full-time, we would certainly consider part-time candidates.

The post holder will supervise and support the highly specialised psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychological professions and other members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.

The post holder will exercise delegated management responsibilities where appropriate and work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team.
The post holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research and propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team.

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.
1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, and others involved in the service user’s care.
2. To be responsible for the systematic provision of cognitive behaviour therapy, CAT and / or EMDR at a highly specialist level to people experiencing significant and/or severe psychological problems
3. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user’s psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the service user’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.
4. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
5. To evaluate, monitor progress and make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, or group.
6. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of service users whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
7. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of service users whose problems are managed by psychologically based enhanced care
8. To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to service users’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans.
9. To ensure that all members of the clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of service users, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
10. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users and to provide both general and specialist advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
11. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of service users under their care where there may be conflicting views, high emotion and significant barriers to understanding and change, and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi- disciplinary care.
12. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team.


This advert closes on Thursday 23 May 2024

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior CBT Psychotherapist to work in the Cheshire and Merseyside Specialist Perinatal Service, working collaboratively to deliver the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan. Based in Liverpool, the primary aim of this role is to provide clinical leadership, clinical supervision and innovation to trainee and qualified CBT therapists across our three MDTs. Experience of working in specialist perinatal or maternal mental health services will be a significant advantage. You will be accredited or actively working towards accreditation with BABCP. We are looking for a motivated, creative and compassionate clinician who has experience of working clinically with women and families in the perinatal period. We are also seeking people who have a robust understanding of the impact of social inequalities on maternal mental health and are passionate about improving outcomes around health inequality. The successful candidate will have experience of working collaboratively with families and ‘experts by experience’ in support of co-production methodologies to inform service models. As a senior member of the clinical team, the ideal candidate will have great interpersonal skills and an ability to offer confident and sound clinical decision making on behalf of the team.

Working in the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service team, you will be responsible for the systematic provision of highly specialist therapies which may include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)for people experiencing distress in the perinatal period. You will provide services that meet the agreed service priorities consonant with practitioner experience and expertise. Such services to include the development and implementation of highly specialist perinatal psychological therapies including assessment, formulation, clinical casework and the provision of consultancy work generally for the assurance of quality in the use of different modalities (e.g., IPT, CBT or EMDR) methods by other team members.


The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

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.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITES
Clinical
1. To be a member of the service team and to contribute to, participate in and adhere to the routines and policies of that service.
2. To be responsible for the systematic provision of cognitive behaviour therapy at a highly specialist level to people experiencing significant and/or severe psychological problems
3. To provide a highly specialised cognitive behaviour therapy service. Services will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data. Services will include the following: -
a) Highly specialist one-to-one clinical consultations
b) Consultation and training for other team members
c) Highly specialist cognitive behavioural and another psychotherapeutic modality (e.g., EMDR, IPT) assessment including issues of risk
d) Cognitive behavioural and other specialist psychological therapies for individuals, families, and groups, adjusting and refining formulations and utilising a number of provisional hypotheses
e) Decision making for and evaluating Cognitive Behavioural and other treatment options, taking into account both theoretical models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
f) Exercising autonomous clinical responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by cognitive behavioural and other specialist intervention plans
g) Staff consultation contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and intervention plan
h) Staff consultation on the use of cognitive behavioural and another specialist psychological therapy techniques
i) Staff supervision in the use of cognitive behavioural and other specialist psychological therapy techniques
4. In particular, as part of multidisciplinary, complex care team working, to provide casework for people experiencing severe psychological difficulties in the perinatal period. To prioritise workload to ensure that skills are used to address the more severe and complex presentations within this area of work.
5. To supply services within the context of existing multi professional teamwork. To negotiate appropriate professional relationships within the teams and across both statutory and voluntary agencies to both ensure the referral of appropriate casework and the communication of highly complex clinical information.
6. To maintain the records of service in line with the information needs of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
7. To provide input to health, social care and community-based services to enable best practice and service user choice in line with local service accessibility. This may include inpatient environments (Mother and Baby Unit), specialist departments, general practices, health centres, family hubs and children’s centres, and maternity and health visiting settings.
8. To manage frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances and maintain substantial mental effort through frequent and intense levels of concentration and attention.
Managerial
9. To support the formulation and implementation of clinical and operational practices and procedures as appropriate.
10. Support the implementation, monitoring and updating of an operational policy and philosophy for the clinical area.
11. Ensure the principles of clinical governance are incorporated in service delivery by maintaining a high-quality service based on agreed clinical standards.
12. Participate in managerial supervision.
Education and Development
13. To lead and assist the implementation of the supervision of Cognitive Behaviour Therapists and other specialist psychological practitioners within the service.
14. To assist with the clinical supervision of practitioner psychologists, CBT Therapists, practitioners and trainees, assistant psychologists and other MDT staff as agreed by the service manager/professional lead.
15. To receive appropriate clinical supervision to ensure quality of professional practice.
16. Through the personal appraisal process, to engage in professional development that ensures that Continuing Professional Development requirements are met and that eligibility for Chartering and licensed practice is both achieved and maintained.
17. To have access to up to one session per week (pro rata full time) for pursuing professional development following agreement with service manager/professional lead.
18. Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.
19. Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
Research and Audit
20. To undertake appropriate service audits and assist the research and development agenda by proposing areas of study appropriate to advancing the nature of cognitive behavioural work and other specialist psychological therapies within this service specialty.
21. To assist research projects with practitioners as required.
22. To undertake regular audit and evaluation of the team’s activity by the derivation, collection and analysis of appropriate data.
23. Undertake and participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.


This advert closes on Friday 5 Jan 2024