Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Nurse
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The Older Adults Mental Health Team Opportunity
The Older Adults Mental Health Team has an exciting opportunity for an experienced older adult mental health nurse to join our team.
About the Role
Do you have a passion for working within older adult mental health? Then come and join the team and meet likeminded people.
The Older Adults Team is working with GPs, offering advice and guidance to support patients living with Dementia.
Key Responsibilities
This role will involve offering reviews for patients within the Dementia Pathway, in accessible locations across North Lincolnshire. Networking between Primary Care and Secondary Care Services is a central part of the role to ensure the patients journey between services is seamless and care and treatment is provided in a timely manner. The role will also involve working with the wider team to triage and offer routine mental health assessments to older adults experiencing mental health problems within Primary Care.
As a member of the Older Adults Mental Health Team the post holder will provide high quality nursing interventions within the Dementia Pathway.
Required Skills and Experience
The post holder will be an enthusiastic, highly organised and motivated mental health professional who can provide high quality nursing expertise and support to those affected by dementia.
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It is essential that the applicant can demonstrate post registration experience as an RMN, which may include inpatient and community settings. In addition, it is expected that the successful candidates will provide independent or supplementary prescribing and be willing to undertake the relevant training.
Duties
The following tasks and duties will also form part of the role, however this list is not exhaustive:
- Triage of incoming referrals to establish urgency / risk
- Holistic mental health assessment
- Development of appropriate treatment plans / signposting to relevant third sector organisations
- Recruitment, supervision, and deployment of staff.
- Advice, training and induction and mentorship of learners.
- Audit, research and service monitoring.
- Ordering, storage, monitoring and administration of medication.
- Liaison within the multi-disciplinary care team, including carers, voluntary agencies etc.
About the Employer
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
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Our Commitment
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
We Are Committed To Inclusive Cultures And Really Value People In Our Organisation, View Our Allyship Video On YouTube To Find Out More
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Alyx Coggan
- Job title: Team Manager
- Email address: alyx.coggan1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 03000216300
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