Non-Medical Prescriber (OA-CMHT)

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Carmarthen; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a motivated and experienced nurse to lead on developing pathways for dementia care. Your responsibilities will include conducting assessments, coordinating treatments, and being a senior presence in a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate must have strong knowledge in dementia care, independent prescribing abilities, and experience with complex patients. Excellent personal skills and collaboration are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience with complex patients and mental health conditions.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in multi-disciplinary settings.
• Ability to coordinate and deliver patient assessments and treatments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of care pathways for dementia patients.
• Provide rapid assessments for patients in acute distress.
• Conduct clinics assessing mental health conditions for treatment.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Dementia care knowledge

Independent prescribing

Holistic assessment

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Applications are invited from highly motivated and experienced nurses with a demonstrable track record of practical application and theoretical knowledge of the care and treatment of people with complex mixtures of psychological, cognitive, functional, behavioural, physical and social risk usually related to mental disorder and frailty experienced in later life.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent and lead on the OACMHT development of alternative pathways (holistic multi‑agency and multidisciplinary) for people living with diagnosed/undiagnosed dementia in care homes within the locality, experiencing acute‑frailty distress.
• Coordinate and deliver rapid response for urgent face‑to‑face assessment of patients registered to the OA‑CMHT.
• Lead provision of dementia diagnostic and treatment clinics for complex older people living in care settings, assessing mental health conditions to inform the diagnostic process and support subsequent interventions and treatment regimens.
• Work to an agreed job plan, holding a small caseload of clients subject to CTP, undertaking caseload management and running clinics primarily within the county care home sector or across the service area as needed.
• Undertake full holistic assessment including review of medicines, specifically Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and anti‑psychotics for those diagnosed with dementia in the locality care home sector; promote patient choice and effective outcomes.
• Provide senior knowledge and experience within the team, taking a senior position in the MDT to formulate and implement care plans and consider prescribing options.
• Accept clinical responsibility for a designated workload of specialised patients and organise this effectively.
• Offer expert assessment of psychological and social problems and, as an independent prescriber, possess in‑depth expert knowledge of the physical problems related to the medicines used in treatment.
• Undertake non‑medical prescribing in line with legislation.
• Titrate medication dosage, order and interpret physical investigations such as blood tests and ECG, administer injections and perform phlebotomy tests on a daily basis.