Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Clevedon

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A trusted healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Band 6 Nurse Practitioner to join their Specialist Care Home and Enhanced Dementia Support Team (SCHEDS). The role involves engaging with patients and their families to deliver essential interventions for dementia care. The position is based in Clevedon, North Somerset, offering easy access from Bristol and other nearby areas.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care and dementia support is preferred.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Engage in SCHEDS processes for urgent referrals.
• Work closely with patients, families, carers, and care home staff.

Job description

Job overview

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.