Job summary
- Main area
- Physical Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-MHC7671918
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harry Blackman House
- Town
- St Helens
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/01/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/01/2026
Employer heading
Community Physical Health Nurse
Band 6
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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 ethnically diverse, 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.
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Job overview
The role will require the screening, assessment, brief intervention and sign posting for patients within Primary Care, to promote their physical health and well being.
The role will require the co-ordination of physical health clinics, outreach appointments and collaboration with existing team members and Primary Care colleagues to ensure all clients receive an annual health screening and further contacts around health promotion.
The position will also include liaison with the appropriate care team involved in the patients within Primary Care where required, to provide seamless all-round care for the client. This role will provide support around performance monitoring and Quality across the community services and Primary Care where the Physical Health Team is involved, providing performance data, audits and action planning.
The Community Physical Health team will work across St Helens and will be required to travel between various sites.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing up to date; evidence based clinical leadership for physical health to Community mental health teams and Primary Care services in line with national standards, aiming to reduce cardio metabolic risks for patients and reduce the prevalence of premature mortality, with the support of the Community Physical health Integration Lead and extended team. The role will also include monitoring of performance and Audit completion.
The post holder will be expected to be a good team member and have the skills to supervise, teach and develop physical health care skills to clinical staff. Acting as a positive role model in clinical practice, to work autonomously, reaching clinically appropriate decisions based on information received and using the knowledge and experience of the multi disciplinary team.
To provide managerial responsibilities for the junior staff members of the physical health team, including management of sickness and absence, PACE and supervision.
Requiring excellent communication skills and interpersonal effectiveness. Able to liaise across both secondary mental health services and Primary Care to manage the physical health care needs of the patient.
Liaising with external agencies in primary care to provide appropriate sign posting for conditions such as diabetes, COPD, Cardiovascular conditions, Hypertension and obesity.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To coordinate the physical care of service users carrying out assessment planning, implementation and evaluation of their care under the supervision of the line manager.
To ensure that the service user’s physical health status is highlighted and proactively followed up where needs exist by the most appropriate care team.
Ensuring that all relevant information with regards to a service user’s care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into their health record. Supervise and monitor the entries made by junior team members, through performance management and audit.
To liaise significant others when completing the assessment and developing a care plan.
To direct other staff in order to ensure delivery of a high standard of physical care to service users.
To participate in setting physical health standards for care based on sound evidence based and research findings.
To participate in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of service users that with guidance from a supervisor.
To communicate with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the communication of any relevant information that has an impact on the service user’s physical care.
To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills gained through training or experience to impart sensitive information.
To check understanding of information where there are often barriers to effective communications due to distress, psychiatric symptoms or where English is not the first language.
To use skills gained through training and experience to give and receive information to other individuals with regards to a service user’s care in the reviews and multidisciplinary meetings. These individuals may be external to the Trust.
To provide and co-ordinate the provision of a range of therapeutic activities for service users and monitor their effectiveness.
To ensure that all relevant information with regards to a service user’s care and treatment is documented accurately and legibly into the health record. To supervise and monitor the entries made by unqualified staff.
Under the guidance of a supervisor provide reports both in written and verbal formats as requested and required.
To contribute to teaching sessions in order to pass on knowledge and skills.
To ensure that all incidents or near misses are documented as per Trust policy and that any follow up action is taken.
To actively participate in service user discussions/reviews where appropriate ensuring that service user needs are met and that the team has all the relevant information on which to base their clinical decisions.
To develop care plans that enable service users to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing to help them to obtain their optimum health.
To react pro-actively in cases of service user physical health deterioration and put in place immediate plans to resolve the situation with supervision and guidance as appropriate.
To assist in the assessment and supervision of nursing and other students.
To assess and monitor the physical health of service users, seeking advice and support from medical staff as appropriate.
To actively participate in team meetings in order to positively influence team working and the development of research-based practice.
To participate in the induction of new staff.
To maintain safe custody of sharps and other clinical equipment.
To manage own time and workload, prioritising work appropriately.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Degree Level or working towards
- Mentorship/teaching qualification
- Continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
- Phlebotomy training
- Diabetes Care
- Health promotion
KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- 2 years post registration Experience of working in an Adult clinical area
- Demonstrable experience of working with people who experience serious ongoing mental health problems
- Demonstrate a good knowledge of the Code of Conduct and the nurse’s responsibility to identify gaps in their knowledge base
- Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act
- Demonstrate knowledge in the concepts of mentorship, preceptor ship and supervision
- A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Cardio Metabolic risks in clients with Severe and Enduring mental health conditions
- LESTER Tool and NHS Plan
- Knowledge of substance misuse and associated risks
- Appreciate the process of standard setting and audit
- Understanding of evidence-based practice
- Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act and Code
- Knowledge of Substance Misuse Nursing interventions
VALUES
Essential criteria
- 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
SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate effectively
- Possess good listening and negotiation skills
- Be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base regarding: Effective Physical Health Care, Care Planning and evaluation, Quality and clinical audit
- Professional attitude
- Flexibility
- Ability to contribute to develop professional excellence within the community team. Compassionate and motivated about the needs of mental health service users
Desirable criteria
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
OTHER
Essential criteria
- Access to transport
- On going post registration development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Pinder
- Job title
- Community Physical Health Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07469918270
- Additional information
Lucy Atherton
07747631046
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