Senior Dementia Crisis Nurse

TN United Kingdom; Corringham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Senior Band 6 Mental Health Nurse in Corringham. You will be part of the Dementia Crisis Support Team, working to support patients in their homes and prevent hospital admissions during crises. This role involves conducting holistic assessments, leading a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring high clinical standards. The position requires effective travel across the area and offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Responsible for holistic assessments and care development.
• Support high clinical standards and junior staff development.

Responsibilities

• Work as a senior nurse in the Dementia Crisis Support Team.
• Provide nursing input to the multidisciplinary team.
• Travel effectively across the geographical area.

Skills

Holistic Assessments

Nursing

Team Leadership

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Job overview

Come and join our award-winning Dementia Crisis Support Team as a Senior Band 6 Mental Health Nurse / General Nurse.

The team is based in Corringham in a new, state of the art building. We visit patients in their own homes and care homes across Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock.

We are a team made up of registered health professionals including Psychiatrists, Nurses, support workers and admin all of whom have vast Dementia experience. The aim of our team is to reduce a patient’s need to access A & E services and to avoid a hospital admission during a crisis period. We engage with the patient and / or carer in their own home or usual place of residence with rapid assessment, intervention, treatment and short term follow up for a maximum of six weeks.

The suitable candidate will need to be able to effectively travel throughout the geographical area.

The Service operates 7 days a week Monday to Friday 9am till 7pm and weekends and bank holidays 9am to 5pm. We work on a rota basis.

Main duties of the job

To work as a senior nurse with the Dementia Crisis Support Team supporting holistic assessments of care needs for individuals presenting in crisis with diagnosed or suspected dementia. The post holder is responsible for holistic assessments and the development, implementation and evaluation of care.

The team and wider services aim to support people in their own homes or community environments during acute illness or rehabilitation to prevent hospital admission.

The post holder will provide Nursing input to the multidisciplinary team 7 days a week, supporting and leading the team when deputising for the clinical lead and as a senior team member. They will support high clinical standards and the clinical development of junior staff.

Work under supervision of the clinical lead but undertake duties independently. Must be able to travel effectively across the area.