Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
If you have a passion for care, especially within the specialty of Dementia Services, you will want a career that is enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills to make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Are you a warm and reflective person who seeks the best outcomes for people who are vulnerable?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to work in our Dementia Outreach Service, based within the Integrated Mental Health Hub at St. Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person with a passion for delivering excellent care to people living with Dementia to join the work of our team.
The team aims to proactively engage with people who have dementia and are at risk of further deterioration, which may lead to a hospital admission out of area. We work closely with care facilities, people and families in their own homes, GP liaison and Adult Social Care and our NHS Memory Service to prevent admissions.
We do this by providing short-term intensive support, which includes hands-on care, giving advice and support to care facilities, creating effective referrals, GP liaison and family support. We also complete cognitive testing, mental state assessments, and physical screening.
If we cannot prevent hospital admission, we seek to engage with mainland hospitals for regular updates, CPA reviews and weekly MDT meetings.
Applicants for this post must be flexible and available across 7 days between 8am-6pm.
Main duties of the job
1. To ensure and take responsibility for the provision of comprehensive assessments of needs and risks of people referred to the service.
2. To take responsibility for planning and the delivery of care to people requiring an acute and intensive response from this service.
3. To plan and take responsibility in collaborating with service users and their carers together with other services/agencies on how people's needs are going to be met in short-term and long-term situations.
4. To be active in the development of the service and continued development of professional practice and role.
5. To ensure that relationships and own behaviour are managed in line with the Trust's Equalities Framework competencies.
6. To ensure all communications are undertaken in a sensitive, confidential and professional manner.
7. Interdisciplinary working and liaison with internal and external agencies to promote holistic and person-centred care and inclusion.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With a dedicated workforce exceeding 13,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.
We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.
Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RMN or Allied health professional (Mental Health)
* Evidence based and experience of reflective practice.
* Current national legislative and professional requirements relating to social and health care and processes implemented locally (Community Care Act, Mental Health Act)
Experience
* Assessment of risk, crisis management, intervention and management.
* Experience in therapeutic engagement to patients in groups.
* Ability to take bloods and ECGs.
* Wide knowledge/appreciation of a range of models of practice in social and health care.
* Knowledge of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs.
* Risk assessment and management.
* Engagement.
* Solution Focused working.
* Decision making.
Additional Criteria
* Ability to use assessment skills and tools effectively.
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* To undertake mandatory Breakaway (personal safety) training.
* To undertake lone working to patients with mental health concerns.
* Ability to work over a range of shifts covering 24hr period.
* Car driver with clean driving licence.
* Ability to work under pressure and in crisis situations.
* Good therapeutic skills including empathy, active listening and understanding of therapeutic boundaries.
* 'Can do' positive attitude to work demands.
* Approachable and positive.
* Flexible and adaptable.
* Broad outlook, accepting of diversity.
* Able to engage easily and motivate others.
* Able to manage personal appropriately.
* Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively.
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Ability to prioritise work and complete within deadlines.
* Ability to practice in a variety of clinical and community settings and effectively work using group delivery methods.
* Team building.
* Brief interventions.
* Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings and approaches.
* Positive and proactive attitude towards the client/patient group.
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.
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