Senior Community Mental Health Nurse/Practitioner
Band 6
Main area: Community Mental Health for Older People
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
Job ref: 246-WSU6602921-E
Site: Sage Centre, Newmarket Hospital
Town: Newmarket
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
Job overview
Are you looking to join a forward thinking, supportive Older People’s Community Mental Health team? Do you enjoy working as part of a team?
Our friendly and supportive team, based at Newmarket Hospital in Newmarket and covering the Bury North area, are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner to join us in providing an excellent service to Older People in our area. We provide a community-based service to people of any age with a dementia diagnosis, and to Older People with a functional mental health diagnosis such as complex needs.
You’ll be working alongside a close-knit multi-disciplinary team of Assistant Practitioners, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychological Therapists, Independent Prescriber and Psychiatrists as well as working closely with GP surgeries, PCNs, Social Workers within ACS and Care Agencies.
We value the unique skills that all of the different professions bring to the team, and you will be supported within this role to utilise your specialist skills. You will be supported to attend any profession-specific training and learning events to support your ongoing CPD. We are looking for someone who is keen to contribute to innovative thinking and service development.
We are looking for individuals who bring enthusiasm, creativity and energy to work in this vital area. We are looking for clinicians who can work autonomously as well as within a team, someone who is approachable, flexible, and dedicated to improving the lives of our service users and carers.
Main duties of the job
As a Community Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for:
* Holding a caseload of patients with organic and functional presentations under CPA and NCPA
* Assessing and managing risk
* Using Dialog+ where possible and Recovery Care Planning with service users and carers
* Managing your own diary and planning your day
* Attending MDT meetings and wards
* Participating in the Duty Rota
* Communicating effectively through notes on Lorenzo and letters to Service Users, GPs and other involved parties
* Driving is essential for this role
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Why work for us?
We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Benefits included with this role are:
* A comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
* Career progression
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more
Person specification
Experience
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
* Experience in delivering group-based interventions
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
Other
* Ability to travel independently
Knowledge
* Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
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