Specialist Nurse

Transcend is a newly commissioned service established to explore how Gender Incongruence can be best supported and treated within a Primary Care setting. We are seeking a Specialist Nurse to help deliver this care. The postholder will work closely with our MDT, local GPs, relevant partner agencies, and of course directly with service users.This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of not only a new service, but a new model of care for a disadvantaged and underserved service user group. The role will involve travel across the locality, therefore being a car user is essential., To provide direct clinical nursing care to the service users of Transcend. This will include both direct and indirect interventions to support individuals accessing the service. The ability to work autonomously, as well as part of a wider multidisciplinary team, is essential. The postholder will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients and supporting them throughout their journey with the service.

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.