Mental Health Nurse

The primary focus of the team is on collaborative working to provide timely diagnosis and early treatment through processes universal to dementia assessment services throughout the country. Specific roles of the band 5 practitioners includes triage and information finding on referral to the service to ensure that the appropriate people are accepted. Working in conjunction with families is a large part of the role. Some home visits and assessments in care homes with adjustments to the full assessment process is expected, as is support to the prescribers in the team by undertaking physical health checks for those on medication initiated by the service. Main duties of this role include:

• Screening and triage of referred people under supervision of senior practitioners.
• Involvement in MDT meetings including presenting findings from individual cases.
• Physical health monitoring for people on medication initiated by the service.
• Attending weekly team governance meetings, regular reflective practice sessions and case formulations
• Supporting the Team with enquiry calls.
• Conducting home visits and assessments under the instruction of senior practitioners.
  
  We are keen to recruit practitioners who have an interest in older people but particularly dementia so that they can develop in the speciality.
You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious with an ability to be motivated for working independently, with a view to providing the best outcomes for people using our service. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy and sensitivity in their approach to both working with people accepted into the service and with fellow team members, to foster positive team culture. In return we offer a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment where you will be encouraged to develop your own knowledge of dementia assessment and diagnosis. Development within the team is encouraged with a firm sense of working towards the national dementia diagnostic rates and the processes that support this outcome.

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 and are looking forward to welcoming you!

Benefits included with this role are:-
• NHS pension
• 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)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.