About this role
Job summary
We are recruiting a band 6 nurse to work as part of our In-Reach Team based at Parklands House, Basingstoke. The team is part of the larger Older Persons Community Mental Health Team, and is specialist in working with people in care homes. The successful candidate will have a wealth of experience, skill and knowledge in mental health in older people, especially dementia.
The In-Reach Team aims to provide specialist assessment and support to people with complex cognitive impairment, and or other mental health problems. We work towards maintaining a safe and stable environment for the patient by supporting the care home staff with providing person centred care.
Working with our partners, including families and carers, Adult Social Health and Care, acute hospitals is essential. The right candidate has excellent communication skills, determination to advocate on the patients behalf. They will be able to manage a caseload safely, and discuss clinical assessments with the team. They will have sound clinical skills, be able to coordinate complex care, have good administration and IT skills, as well as good report writing, organisational skills and safeguarding.
Applicants must have a driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom and access to a vehicle for work purposes. Our working hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner will work as a core member of the In-Reach team to co-ordinate the care of a complex caseload of service users. They will be supervising a Community HCSW.
Working under the supervision of the Clinical Manager, the practitioner will formulate care and risk management plans in accordance with identified need and developed in collaboration with the service user, care home staff and where appropriate their relative.
You will actively consider and participate in team development.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
*Registered Nurse *Recognised Mentorship qualification (applies to nurses) or preparedness to undertake this within agreed timeframe *24 months post registration experience *Driving licence
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Parklands House
London Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4AP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)