Mental Health Practitioner
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £27,055 to £32,934 a year per annum pro rota
- Closing date
- 21 Mar 2023
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- Profession
- Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 5
- Hours
- Full Time
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We invite you to apply for the Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner in the Memory Assessment Service, Cambridge and Ely. This is a fixed-term post until 31 December 2023. We are looking for someone with a keen interest in dementia and older people's care. This post is open to registered nurses with the right attributes to enhance the developing Memory Assessment Service.
You will be contributing to the assessment of memory functioning and participating in the treatment process including post-diagnostic support. You will support service users and carers, offering information and signposting them to other agencies. You will work closely with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team. We will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with memory loss then we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To work within the integrated multi-professional team and the Memory Assessment Service. To be accountable for contributing to assessing, interpreting, planning and implementing treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of the Band 6 mental health practitioner. To keep the patient at the centre of their care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. Provide support and education to peers, new staff, non-registered staff and Students
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities. For further information on CPFT please visit our website
Job description Job responsibilities
To work within the integrated care team-mental health memory service to ensure that patients needs are met.
To contribute to the assessment of memory functioning and health and social care needs, interpreting, planning and implementing treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of Band 6 mental health practitioner.
Wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
To support the band 6 mental health practitioner with interventions including support and guidance to both the person with dementia and their carer.
Organise and manage own time allocating work appropriately.
To ensure that record keeping is to a consistently high standard
To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.
To highlight and report appropriate and potential risks.
To ensure that they contribute and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Neighbourhood teams and the new model of care
To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.
To ensure that they comply with current good practice in informing/updating all members of the multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others of changes involving current nursing care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient
Provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff and students.
To support the band 6 with day to day planning and delivery of a high quality nursing service.
Person Specification Education/Qualifications Essential
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
310-OPAC-5084507
You will be contributing to the assessment of memory functioning and participating in the treatment process including post-diagnostic support. You will support service users and carers, offering information and signposting them to other agencies. You will work closely with colleagues from the multi-disciplinary team. We will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role
If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with memory loss then we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To work within the integrated multi-professional team and the Memory Assessment Service. To be accountable for contributing to assessing, interpreting, planning and implementing treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of the Band 6 mental health practitioner. To keep the patient at the centre of their care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. Provide support and education to peers, new staff, non-registered staff and Students
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities. For further information on CPFT please visit our website
Job description Job responsibilities
To work within the integrated care team-mental health memory service to ensure that patients needs are met.
To contribute to the assessment of memory functioning and health and social care needs, interpreting, planning and implementing treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of Band 6 mental health practitioner.
Wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
To support the band 6 mental health practitioner with interventions including support and guidance to both the person with dementia and their carer.
Organise and manage own time allocating work appropriately.
To ensure that record keeping is to a consistently high standard
To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate.
To highlight and report appropriate and potential risks.
To ensure that they contribute and work towards the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Neighbourhood teams and the new model of care
To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.
To ensure that they comply with current good practice in informing/updating all members of the multi-disciplinary team, their colleagues, service users and appropriate others of changes involving current nursing care plans, patients progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient
Provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff and students.
To support the band 6 with day to day planning and delivery of a high quality nursing service.
Person Specification Education/Qualifications Essential
- RMN/ NMC Registered Nurse
- Evidence of professional development
- RMNENB 998
- other teaching qualification, mentorship.
- Experience in acute or community mental health setting
- Experience of working with people with a diagnosis of dementia
- Community experience
- Primary care experience
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
- Standard keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word
- Good communication skills, good report writing and able to assess plan and implement care
- oUnderstanding of clinical supervision
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
- Understands the principle of confidentiality
- Responsible for maintaining registration with NMC and or other professional bodies
- Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
- Able to travel independently in community.
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
310-OPAC-5084507
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