Associate Practitioner

We are keen to recruit a Band 4 Associate Practitioner to provide specialist input to the Care Home Pathway and the Post Diagnostic Clinic within the North East Hampshire & Farnham CMHTOP.

You will be working alongside colleagues from a range of professional backgrounds (psychology, occupational therapy, nursing and associate nurse practitioners) to provide specialist advice and consultation to people with dementia living in care homes within the local area. You will be assisting people who are displaying behaviours that challenge themselves and/or others by drawing on ideas from a Positive Behaviour Support framework.

You will also be supporting the CMHTOP in post diagnostic work and running/facilitating groups for patients with functional and or organic presentations.

Main duties of the job

To succeed in this role, you will be supported by a range of specialist clinicians and there are regular opportunities for training, CPD and supervision in relation to the care home work. This includes quarterly CPD events scheduled for all staff working into the Care Home Pathway, where you will receive specialist training and share ideas with other colleagues working in a similar role.

We are keen to meet individuals with a passion for learning new skills, particularly in the field of behaviour that challenges in dementia care. Skill development will be supported through training on Positive Behaviour Support and psychosocial approaches to supporting people showing distressed behaviour.

The post will be based at Aldershot Centre for Health, Aldershot, but travel will be expected across the North East Hampshire and Farnham region.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.