Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust is a Foundation Trust providing services for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Child & Family and Adult Community Services for the county of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The Trust is at the leading edge of practice development with a range of innovative projects. We achieve excellence through harnessing the quality, energy and initiative of our staff who are our most valuable resource and are supported with opportunities for education and personal development.
The Trust is committed to:
1. Putting service users at the centre of our work
2. Partnership and the need to work closely and in tandem with a whole range of individuals and organisations, including services users, carers and staff
3. Promoting responsibility and accountability through devolving and empowering local management and clinical leadership
4. Efficiency and the need to provide effective services
5. Quality, providing services at the best level of quality within the resources available
Key details
Location
Site: Bolitho House
Address: 1 Laregan Hill, Penzance, TR18 4NY
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Part time
Salary
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)
Specialty
Main area: Dementia and Older people's Mental Health services.
Job overview
The Dementia & Older People's Mental Health Service in Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation provides assessment and treatment to people living with dementia and adults with functional mental health difficulties and increased complexity associated with physical ill health and the physiology of ageing.
This post is for a Community Psychiatrist Nurse working with people who have a dementia illness and/or a functional mental health illness, the latter the age of 75 and over.
The post is based at Bolitho House, Penzance, with the Coombe DOPMH Team, visiting people at home, in care homes and supporting our community health and social care teams.
The team in which you would be based have the following disciplines: A Consultant Psychiatrist, a Team Manager, a Memory Assessment Nurse, fellow Band 6 CPN's, a Clinical Psychologist, Primary Care & Dementia Practitioner's, a Dementia Liaison Nurse, Health Care Assistants, and an Occupational Therapist.
You will be a qualified professional RMN and have experience of working with people with dementia and/or mental health disorders and be able to manage a caseload under the Care Programme Approach placing the person at the centre of care in a busy but rewarding role. The ability to work in partnership with carers/family members and services in the community is essential.
Proposed interview date: to be confirmed
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
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.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
* Professional qualification – RMN
* Current professional registration – NMC
Desirable criteria
* Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
* Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems.
* Knowledge and experience of using relevant cognitive assessments in dementia care practice.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Rosie Moyle
Job title: West & IOS Locality Team Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07770430978
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.
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