Community Mental Health Nurse

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Older Adults Mental Health Team at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced RMN to support patients within the Dementia Pathway. The post involves community and possibly inpatient elements, with triage and routine assessments in primary care settings across North Lincolnshire.

The successful candidate will provide high quality nursing interventions in dementia care, work with primary and secondary care, and pursue independent or supplementary

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with post-registration experience.
• Ability to prescribe independently or as a supplementary prescriber.
• Experience in dementia and older adult mental health settings.

Responsibilities

• Triage incoming referrals to assess urgency and risk.
• Holistic mental health assessment of older adults.
• Develop appropriate treatment plans and signpost to third sector.
• Recruit, supervise, and deploy staff as needed.
• Provide training, induction and mentorship to learners.
• Contribute to audit, research and service monitoring.
• Order, store, monitor and administer medications.
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary team and carers.

Skills

RMN experience

Dementia care

Job description

The Older Adults Mental Health Team has an exciting opportunity for an experienced older adult mental health nurse to join our team.

Do you have a passion for working within older adult mental health? Then come and join the team and meet likeminded people.

The Older Adults Team is working with GPs, offering advice and guidance to support patients living with Dementia.

This role will involve offering reviews for patients within the Dementia Pathway, in accessible locations across North Lincolnshire. Networking between Primary Care and Secondary Care Services is a central part of the role to ensure the patients journey between services is seamless and care and treatment is provided in a timely manner. The role will also involve working with the wider team to triage and offer routine mental health assessments to older adults experiencing mental health problems within Primary Care.

As a member of the Older Adults Mental Health Team the post holder will provide high quality nursing interventions within the Dementia Pathway.

The post holder will be an enthusiastic, highly organised and motivated mental health professional who can provide high quality nursing expertise and support to those affected by dementia.

It is essential that the applicant can demonstrate post registration experience as an RMN, which may include inpatient and community settings. In addition, it is expected that the successful candidates will provide independent or supplementary prescribing and be willing to undertake the relevant training.

The following tasks and duties will also form part of the role, however this list is not exhaustive:

• Triage of incoming referrals to establish urgency / risk
• Holistic mental health assessment
• Development of appropriate treatment plans / signposting to relevant third sector organisations
• Recruitment, supervision, and deployment of staff.
• Advice, training and induction and mentorship of learners.
• Audit, research and service monitoring.
• Ordering, storage, monitoring and administration of medication.
• Liaison within the multi-disciplinary care team, including carers, voluntary agencies etc.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028