Older Adult Practitioner - Living Well

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Derbyshire Dales; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Older Adult Specialist (Nurse or Occupational Therapist) to join the Dales Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams. You will lead person-centred support for older adults living with functional mental health conditions in the Derbyshire Dales, traveling across the area as required.

The role focuses on assessing needs, developing care plans, and working collaboratively with local partners to deliver timely, compassionate care within

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse or occupational therapist with HCPC/NMC registration.
• Experience working with older adults in the community.
• Strong communication and compassionate care within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Clinically responsible for delivering a flexible, responsive local service within the Integrated Wellbeing Pathway.
• Collaborate with colleagues and local partners to meet community mental health needs.
• Perform psychosocial assessments and contribute to formulation of care plans.
• Build therapeutic relationships and empower individuals to manage their health and self-care.
• Engage with community partners including statutory, VCSE organisations to support living well in the community.
• Consider voice of lived experience in service development.

Skills

Older adult care

Community health

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing Diploma

Mental Health Nursing degree

Occupational Therapy degree

Job description

Are you a passionate Nurse or Occupational Therapist looking to make a real difference? There's never been a better time to join us here at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust!

Our Dales Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) are excited to welcome a Band 6 Older Adult Specialist to our supportive and welcoming teams.

We're looking for someone with experience working with older adults in the community who are living with functional mental health conditions. This brand-new role, based within the Older Adults CMHT, offers an exciting opportunity to shape meaningful support for individuals within the Derbyshire Dales.

Main duties of the job

You’ll be playing a key part in introducing people into the Living Well Team, helping to identify their needs and designing person-centred, compassionate support that empowers them to live their best life.

Collaboration is at the heart of this role. You’ll be working alongside colleagues across the community to ensure that the right support is delivered at the right time by the right person.

About the Teams

While the role is supported by the Older Adults CMHT, you’ll also be working closely with the Living Well Team, a multi-agency group that places individuals right at the centre of their care. One of the most rewarding parts of this role is being part of a team that reaches out to people who may not have had access to mental health support before.

If you’re someone who cares deeply about helping others and wants to work in a team that values compassion, collaboration, and community, we’d love to hear from you!

The successful candidate will need to have the ability to travel across the geographical area.

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."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

You will be

• Clinically responsible for supporting the delivery of a flexible, responsive local service, taking forward an Integrated Wellbeing Pathway in the designated locality, which effectively supports the delivery of the Community Mental Health Framework.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, key partners, and those within the local community to develop services to meet the mental health needs of the community.
• Employing a wide range of skills, building on and developing their expertise and actively seeking advice and collaboration with issues which may not be readily within their sphere of practice. The requirements for this post are to remain within the guidelines for professional practice inclusive of HCPC/NMC requirements or equivalent professional body.
• Undertaking comprehensive person-centred psychosocial assessments (conversations), risk assessments and formulation of presenting mental health needs.
• Building therapeutic relationships, develop a plan of care with that person and assist them through their difficult time by empowering and enabling them to take control over their health.
• Supporting and motivating individuals to improve their mental health by helping them develop self-care skills, build resilience, and better utilise community resources. A key part of this developing role will be to make and maintain relationships with community partners including statutory organisations, Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations and the local communities who we serve.
• Hearing and responding to the voice of lived experience is a key element for developing this service.

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 Visas and Immigration. Please note that the current salary threshold is £25,000 it is unlikely we will be able to offer sponsorship for this post as without 2 years previous NHS Service at Band 3 you will commence at the bottom of the pay band which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship (bank and agency service is excluded). This would apply to anyone who has current time limited right to work in the UK and would require sponsorship in the near future commencing at the bottom of the band. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK(www.gov.uk)

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification for the post (Diploma in Nursing/Degree in Mental Health Nursing) Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Undertaken further training relevant to the role
• Has at least 18 months post preceptorship experience.

Experience

• Post qualification experience in the relevant field
• Applicant has experience in working with Older people with functional mental health diagnoses
• Experience of community working
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
• Able to work independently, as well as part of a team
• Experience of linking with partner agencies
• Understanding of the living well programme
• Good time management

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.

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum, pro rata