Lead Nurse In Dementia Rapid Response Team

Derbyshire Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; East Midlands; Vor Ort; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Derby is recruiting an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the Dementia Rapid Response Team. You will lead a MDT, deliver person-centred, non-pharmacological care to older adults with dementia, and help prevent hospital admission by enabling safe, earlier discharge.

Based in Derby, the team covers Derby City and South Derbyshire, operates across 7 days with flexible shifts and a 12-week rolling roster.

Qualifikationen

• Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Capacity Act requirements.
• Willingness and ability to travel across the catchment area as required.
• Mentorship/SSSA training or willingness to complete training.

Aufgaben

• Lead nurse responsibilities within a multi-disciplinary team and complex case management.
• Support delivery of a flexible, responsive dementia care service in the community.
• Travel independently across the catchment area and potentially outside it.

Kenntnisse

Knowledge of MHA/Capacity Act/Legal

Able to meet travel requirements

Mentorship/SSSA trained or willing to

Ausbildung

Nursing qualification (RMN)

Jobbeschreibung

Job summary

Are you a Mental Health Nurse with a passion for improving the quality of life of people living with dementia? Would you like to be part of a team that goes above and beyond in delivering innovative and holistic care in order to do this? Then the Dementia Rapid Response Team welcomes your application! Based in Derby, our service promotes a person-centred and non-pharmacological approach to support older adults living with a diagnosis of dementia, who may be experiencing or approaching a crisis in their mental health. We cover Derby City and South Derbyshire area. The aim of the service is to assist in maintaining the independence and dignity of those living with dementia, with the ultimate goal of preventing hospital admission where possible. In addition the DRRT can support early discharge from hospital, working closely with carers and relatives to facilitate this. Monday to Friday, 8am-8pm, and weekends and bank holidays, 9am-5pm. Staff work flexibly within these hours on a 12-week rolling roster.

Main duties of the job

• Employ a wide range of skills, building on and developing their expertise in managing complex cases as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team, which includes Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Nurses, Dementia Specialist Support Workers, Psychology and a Consultant Psychiatrist.
• Be clinically responsible for supporting the delivery of a flexible, responsive local service within the community.
• Be expected to travel independently across the catchment area of the service and occasionally outside of this if required.
• Work a shift pattern facilitating the service, which operates 7 days per week.
• Undertake the Duty role; triaging referrals, allocating visits, preparing and delivering handover, ensuring colleagues are "safe and well".
• Work as part of a MDT; liaising with a multitude of different professionals and agencies.
• Complete initial assessments of patients.
• Apply knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act when required.
• Assess risk and formulating safety plans accordingly.
• Formulate person-centred care plans focusing on non-pharmacological interventions.
• In-reach to inpatient wards, attending 117 meetings.
• Visit patients in their own home and those in 24 care.
• Utilise the EPR to ensure excellent documentation of patient assessment and treatment.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'. CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues 'treated patients with compassion and kindness' and 'felt positive and proud about working for the Trust'.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa's and Immigration. Please note without previous NHS Service you will commence at the bottom of the pay band which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship for this post. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website.

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 383-CHI-7603-26

Job responsibilities

The service consists of a multi-disciplinary team working with older adults with a diagnosis of Dementia. The service acts as an alternative to hospital, facilitating early discharges from the acute setting and preventing hospital admissions where ever possible and appropriate. The team will work with a shared caseload; providing short term, intensive interventions. We are looking for an experienced mental health nurse to be part of this excellent service, someone who is focused on making a positive difference to peoples lives. There is an expectation that as a Lead Nurse, you will be able to make complex decisions, lead a shift, cover duty and formulate detailed assessments and person-centred care plans to assist in the prevention of hospital admissions where appropriate. Personal development will be supported and encouraged through appraisal, regular supervision and access to training opportunities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Recent and relevant, post-qualification nursing experience as RMN

Desirable

• Community experience
• Experience working with older adults
• Experience in working with people with Dementia

Qualifications

Essential

• Mentorship/SSSA trained or willing to complete training

Desirable

• Supervision trained

Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of MHA/Capacity act/Legal frameworks
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: DRR Sth, Kingsway Site, Dementia Rapid Response Team, Kingsway House, Kingsway Hospital, Kingsway Derby DE22 3LZ, Derbyshire, DE22 3LZ, United Kingdom

Employer's website: http://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details: For questions about the job, contact: Team Manager, Pam Holburn, [e-mail], 01332623766

Date posted: 19 October 2026
Closing date: 01 November 2026