Senior Dementia Intensive Support Team Practitioner

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a forward-thinking NHS Trust, providing essential support to individuals with dementia. As a Senior Practitioner, you'll play a crucial role in helping clients maintain their independence while working collaboratively with a passionate multi-disciplinary team. This exciting position offers the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those in your community, focusing on early intervention and crisis management. With a commitment to quality care, you'll be supported by an exceptional leadership team and enjoy a range of NHS benefits, making this an ideal role for those who value teamwork and community impact.

Benefits

307 hours holiday entitlement

FREE Yoga and Pilates

Cycle scheme tax-free bikes

Support with revalidation

Paid initial DBS check

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent required.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teams and community settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload and conduct initial risk assessments.
• Engage with clients with dementia and their families.
• Liaise with care providers for support services.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Risk Assessment

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Community Experience

Knowledge of Mental Health Act

Education

Nursing Degree or Equivalent

Job description

Search the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS website

Band 6

Main area: Dementia

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 246-WSU6640878-B

Site: G Block, Town: Bury St Edmunds

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 gross per annum (pro rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!

We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles; please indicate in your application if this is something you require.

Job overview

Dementia Intensive Support Team - Senior DIST Practitioner Band 6 (Mental Health Nurse/OT/Social Worker)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and motivated, multi-disciplinary team of professionals who support people with dementia and their carers to remain living independently in the community.

The team has a philosophy of early intervention and specialises in working with those who are hard to engage with. We become involved when situations are breaking down including periods of crisis. The team aims to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and premature moves to long term care. It has an open referral system where anyone can refer in, and works with people for short periods, aiming to stabilise situations and ensure there is support in place to meet their needs in the future.

Main duties of the job

Working with other multi-disciplinary professionals within the team you will:

• Manage and hold a caseload
• Undertake initial assessments including risk assessments
• Engage and work with clients with dementia and their carers
• Liaise with statutory and voluntary Sector to get care and support in place as required
• Triage referrals and undertake duty role
• Attend Clinical and Business Meetings for the team
• Take on a supervisory role within the team
• Represent team in meetings with partner agencies

Working for our organisation

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

The Dementia Intensive Support Team is a part of the Suffolk Care Group, working within the community to meet the needs of people with Dementia and their carers. We are a passionate and supportive team with a desire to develop and learn from each other.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and in addition:

• Up to 307 hours holiday entitlement (subject to length of service)
• FREE Yoga and Pilates
• Cycle scheme tax-free bikes and accessories
• Support with revalidation
• We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person specification

Qualification

• Nursing degree or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Familiar with risk assessment and its management
• Previous community experience

Knowledge

• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act
• Knowledge of mental health needs for older people

Other

• Ability to travel independently
• To be willing to undertake further training and development specific to role and needs

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)

FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.