Community Nurse/OT

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Cootham; Vor Ort; GBP 30.000 - 45.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Wellbeing programs

Excellent supervision programmes

Discount schemes (gyms, shopping, etc)

Outstanding CQC rating for caring

Generous holiday entitlement

Zusammenfassung

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Nurse/OT to join the Dementia Care Home Support Team (DCHST) in West Sussex. The role focuses on improving outcomes for people with dementia, co-creating care and risk plans with service users and carers to promote independence and timely discharges.

You will work in partnership with GPs, crisis services and housing to support complex health presentations and provide specialist nursing/OT advice.

Qualifikationen

• Registered Nurse/OT with current registration (mental health/LD) preferred.
• Mentorship course or ENB equivalent required.
• Evidence of continuous professional development in dementia care.
• Experience conducting clinical risk assessments and managing complex health needs.

Aufgaben

• Assess, plan and implement care in the community.
• Develop care and recovery plans with service users and carers.
• Provide expert nursing/OT advice and mentor students or staff.

Kenntnisse

Registered Nurse/OT with current reg.

Mentorship Course/ENB

Experience with dementia care

Risk assessments

Jobbeschreibung

The Dementia Care Home Support Team (DCHST) is a new service created to support people with dementia living in West Sussex who required increased support to facilitate a timely and safe discharge into a nursing or residential care home setting. The service also supports those who are at risk of admission/ readmission to any acute hospital in West Sussex; including University Hospitals Sussex (UHSx), Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (SASH), Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT), and Sussex Community Foundation Trust (SCFT)., As a Community Mental Health professional in our service you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their carers to co-create care and risk plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. The key to success in this role is often about building effective partnerships with GPs, Crisis services, housing and other third sector providers., The role of Community Nurse/OT is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. They will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing/OT advice and carry out specialist nursing/OT procedures. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students and act as a mentor for student nurses.

• Registered Nurse/OT with current registration [mental health/LD], appropriate to the job role
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
• Evidence of continuous professional development, Experience of dementia either worked or lived
• Lone working, Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of working in the community, Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care groupExperience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of working consultatively with professionals
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Previous experience of working in the community

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.

As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

As a nurse, OT in our team we can offer you:

• - Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team.
• - Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
• - Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
• - A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
• - Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)