NHS West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
An exciting opportunity to join the Community mental health - Older adult service, an expanding team working with patients with both dementia and functional disorders.
The MDT team is made up of Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurses, OTs, Social workers, Psychologists, Assistant practitioners and support workers.
The Band 5 CPN will take on the key worker role, working predominantly with patient presenting with memory difficulties, however, as the team grows and develops may include some work with patients presenting with functional illness also.
The team is very supportive, with a focus on development, therefore the role would be suitable to a newly qualified nurse. Preceptorship will be offered and opportunities to undergo further training as your career progresses.
Main duties of the job include:
* Care planning using Dialog and Dialog+
* Risk assessments, including positive risk taking.
* Undertaking of medication monitoring and annual reviews.
* Completion of assessment and treatment/ intervention plans for patients with an existing dementia diagnosis and older adult patients.
* Psychoeducation with patients and carers.
* Duty on a rota basis.
* Support of group work.
* Post diagnostic support, including signposting individuals and/ or carers to community resources.
About Us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
Benefits include:
* generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
* excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
* salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
* discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
* wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
* staff networks and support group
Person Specification
Essential requirements include:
* Must have a UK driving licence and have access to an independent mode of transport
* Relevant Professional Qualification ie. RMN, DipCOT
* Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
* Professional clinical knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma
* Experience in a Community Mental health care setting
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.
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