We're offering an exciting opportunity to work with the Dover and Deal Community Mental Health service for older people (CMHSOP). We're looking for a band 5 community mental health nurse with an interest in dementia care, to work with clients referred to our memory service. The memory service provides assessment, diagnosis and aftercare including medication reviews, adapting to a new diagnosis and signposting to appropriate community services whilst working closely with carers and loved ones.

The team also support people who have reached older age and are experiencing mental health difficulties such as depression, psychosis and complex emotional needs, in addition to specialist interventions for people with a diagnosis of dementia that have complex needs.

Your role within the team would be varied allowing plenty of scope to both demonstrate and develop your skills as well as offering a dynamic working life. Your main focus would be within the memory pathway but will include the opportunity to work closely with our senior staff in the functional and complex needs pathway monitoring mental health, risk and co-ordinating treatment plans.

As a band 5 clinician you will be working autonomously but you will have access to the support of admin, mental health support workers, psychologists, consultant psychiatrists, nursing and occupational therapy staff. We work very closely as a team providing plenty of opportunity to discuss clinical cases and risk.

Main duties of the job

• Conducting initial assessments of people with memory and mental health needs
• Providing after care to people recently diagnosed with dementia
• Being part of the duty team, as required
• Managing a caseload of clients
• Being part of team meetings and MDT discussions
• Supporting and being a role model for junior colleagues

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Job description Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will have:

• Good IT skills
• Ability to travel across the locality in a timely manner
• Organisational skills
• An interest and understanding of dementia
• Knowledge and/or experience of common mental health conditions
• Motivation to achieve high quality care and good team work

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop organisational skills and clinical confidence. Please note, completion of preceptorship will be offered if required.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Relevant formal Vocational qualification e.g. First level nursing registration RMN

Experience Essential

• Experience / knowledge of common mental health conditions

Desirable

• Experience / knowledge of dementia and it's impact on individuals and families

Skills Essential

• Ability to travel across the locality in a timely manner

Desirable

• Good IT skills

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