Care Home Liaison Nurse

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate nurse to join our team. This role involves providingassessment, intervention, and support to older people who reside in care home placements. Youwill work collaboratively with families, carers, and multi-agency partners to ensure timely, safe, and effective care. If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of elderly patients, then we would love to hear from you., Within the team we have a very varied workload, which means that every day will bring new and exciting opportunities for you to develop your skills. To support you in your development we will use regular appraisal and talent management, to identify your interests and development opportunities. As a team we will support you with both formal training and continuing professional development opportunities., The team operates a service 09:00 - 17:00 Monday - Friday. The team currently coverers Derwentside and Chester le Street areas of County Durham. The successful candidate will work from Derwent Clinic on the Shotley Bridge Hospital site., As part of the MDT you will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills and provide evidence based interventions and therapies to children and young peoples. The role can be demanding but also highly rewarding so you will need to be motivated, resilient and passionate about working with this client group. Please refer to the attached job description,person specification and the developmental post competencies for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying. Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust places an emphasis on Staff wellbeing and provides access to several formal staff support services, which are available to staff on appointment.

• To be recognised practice assessor / mentor or work towards in an agreed timescale
• Trained Clinical Supervisor (within 6 month probationary period)
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council RNMH / RNLD, Working with people with mental ill health / learning disabilities
• Working in a person centred therapeutic organisation
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Working in partnership with other agencies, Evidence based knowledge of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
• Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
• Understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Confident working knowledge of clinical medicines management, including administration of injections
  
  We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health. We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.