Senior Mental Health Nurse - Memory Assessment Team

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Norwich is seeking a Senior Mental Health Nurse to assess and treat patients with cognitive issues and memory changes. This role involves working collaboratively with a dedicated team and providing high-quality patient care, focusing on professional development. The position offers a range of benefits, including training programs, generous leave, and NHS discounts.

Benefits

Comprehensive in-house & external training programs

Career progression

Starting annual leave of 27 days (increasing to 33 days)

NHS discounts and several others

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with relevant qualifications.
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team.
• Familiar with risk assessment and management.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver direct patient care with supervision.
• Support and advise healthcare professionals.
• Provide a learning environment for students.

Skills

Ability to process, plan and delegate work

Satisfactory verbal and written English language skills

Time management and reflection on clinical practice

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse with relevant professional registration

Practice Supervisor / Practice Assessor training

Evidence of social care/health related study

Job description

Senior Mental Health Nurse - Memory Assessment Team

Memory Assessment and Treatment in Norwich and North Norfolk.

Working with people who have experienced changes in cognition and memory and may be developing dementia. The team provides a comprehensive memory assessment and treatment service and works with a variety of other services to connect people diagnosed with dementia to the support they need.

You will be based with the Central Locality Memory Assessment Team and assess people with cognitive and memory changes and have a risk of developing dementia. The team provides accurate diagnoses and formulates holistic, person-centred care and treatment. Much of the work you undertake will be in a clinic setting at the Sophie Centre, Julian Hospital, Norwich.

Our Team is on a developmental pathway; aiming to become accredited with the Memory Services National Accreditation Programme. We are committed to developing and improving the service. We value research and have received a Trust Excellence Award for our engagement in research.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assess people with changes to memory and cognition and work towards a clinical diagnosis and appropriate treatment and care plan. They will have support from an experienced team that includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Senior Nurses and an Occupational Therapist.

NSFT's Community Services for Older People were rated Good in the most recent CQC inspection report and we are proud of our positive and caring approach to the patients and carers we are working with.

As a team we focus on Continuing Professional Development and have a drive for further developing our clinical knowledge and skills. The team have established links with Primary Care and other agencies, which enhance our work and ensure we are able to help and support our patients.

The team operate 9-5 hrs between Monday to Friday.

About us

Benefits included with this role are:-

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multiagency environment.
• Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development.
• Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant students.

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Person Specification

Qualification

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with the relevant professional registration
• Practice Supervisor / Practice Assessor training (in line with NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment 2018)
• Evidence at social care / health related study

Experience

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

Skills

• Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
• Satisfactory verbal and written English language skills
• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

Knowledge

• Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of Person Centred Care
• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act
• Knowledge of mental health needs for older people.
• Knowledge of national policy influencing older persons' health care

Other

• Be able and willing to undertake further training / development specific to the role
• Able to travel independently
• Ability to transport patients as appropriate.
• Able to liaise with statutory / non- statutory bodies due to patients' needs.

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.

The Sophie Centre (Norwich) and Gateway House (Wymondham)

£38,682 to £46,580 a yeargross per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working

Reference number

246-CEN7532943

Job locations

The Sophie Centre (Norwich) and Gateway House (Wymondham)