Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Clevedon

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Clevedon; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider in Clevedon is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to work within the Enhanced Dementia Support Team. This role aims to provide vital support and interventions for patients with dementia and their families. Successful candidates will need NMC registration and relevant experience in mental health and dementia care.

Qualifications

• 2 years nursing experience is required.
• Experience in dementia care is essential.
• Experience in community and care home settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertake specialist mental health assessments.
• Determine the nature & severity of mental health needs.
• Provide support & advice to care home staff and relatives.
• Contribute to, implement and review care plans.
• Provide education & training for care staff.

Skills

Mental health assessments

Community nursing

Dementia care

Patient support and advice

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Clevedon

A great opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Nurse Practitioner to work in our Specialist Care Home and Enhanced Dementia Support Team (SCHEDS)

In North Somerset this service was commissioned in response to the growing demand for care needs for people who have dementia and other mental health issues and reside in a care home. Also, to support people with dementia and their carers in their own homes.

Key objectives for the team are to deliver interventions which will reduce the risk of admission to hospital or care homes serving notice, work closely with our primary care partners to develop strategies to keep people in their place of residence as long as possible and improve the quality of life for the people we support.

We are currently training in the 6D model of dementia.

A great place to work; SCHEDS work alongside our well established existing community teams - our Later Life MDT integrated community team (CITT) and our memory team.

The team is located at Windmill House situated in Clevedon, North Somerset.

Clevedon is on junction 20 of the M5 making it an easy commute from Bristol, Weston super Mare and the towns and cities near the Severn Bridge in Wales. Windmill House in itself is an office building less than a 5 minute drive from the M5 junction and close to all of the local amenities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will engage in SCHEDS processes which typically involve accepting urgent, but not crisis, referrals

Referrals are received from our access services, or from the other later life teams at Windmill house. We work on around a 12 week programme of engagement, intervention and discharge. We work closely with patients, families, carers and care home staff.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job responsibilities

This is a small team of 4 B6 Nurses and a B7 Senior Practitioner. We work Mon - Fri 9-5.

There is a daily morning handover, and weekly formulation meeting.

Visits are planned with the team in advance, with some urgent slots available.

The role is to:

• Undertake specialist mental health assessments
• Determine the nature & severity of mental health needs and provide sign posting and advice
• Provide support & advice to care home/ domiciliary staff / relatives/ carers/ support networks.
• Contribute to, implement and review care plans in line with the service user's needs
• Provide education & training for care home/ domiciliary staff / relatives/ carers/ support networks.
• To work within the Mental Health Act framework, and liaise with appropriate professionals and services such as AMHPs, consultants, hospital wards, when needed.

Person Specification

NMC registration and experience

• NMC registration
• 2 years nursing experience
• Dementia experience - pre or post qualifying
• Community experience - pre or post qualifying
• Care home experience - pre or post qualifying

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.