Lead Nurse - In-Reach & Home Treatment Team, Older Adult Crisis Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area NursingGrade NHS AfC: Band 6Contract PermanentHours Full time - hours per week (working over 7 days)Job ref -OPC-3- Site Endcliffe MountTown DerbyshireSalary £, - £, per annum, pro rataSalary period YearlyClosing //5 :
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Lead Mental Health Nurse or a Band 5 ready to take that next step to being a Band 6 nurse, to join the older adult In-Reach and Home Treatment Team in the High Peak and North Dales Team.
The primary goal of the service is to support people within their own homes, who are experiencing a breakdown of their mental health and to prevent admissions to hospital where appropriate.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be clinically responsible for supporting the delivery of a flexible, responsive local service within the community.
You will work collaboratively with colleagues, key partners and those within the local community to develop services to meet the mental health needs of the community.
The post holder will employ a wide range of skills, building on and developing their expertise and actively seeking advice and collaboration with issues which may not be readily within their sphere of competence.
As a senior registered practitioner you are professionally and legally accountable under the NMC code of professional practice.
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
1. Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
2. days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service
3. Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
4. Generous NHS pension scheme
5. Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
6. Health service discounts and online benefits
7. Incremental pay progression
8. Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
9. Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
10. Health and wellbeing opportunities
11. Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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We cover High Peak and North Dales.
There is an expectation that as a Lead Nurse, you will be able to make complex decisions, lead a shift, cover duty and formulate detailed assessments and person-centred care plans to assist in the prevention of hospital admissions where appropriate.
Experience of working with older adults with a functional, mental health illness is essential.
The successful applicant will work within a supportive MDT and have close links with the Community Mental Health Teams, GPs and social care.
We are also co-located with our established, Dementia Rapid Response Team.
Professional development and further learning is encouraged and you will receive robust clinical and managerial supervision, along with wider support and training in-house within the team.
You will also be expected to provide supervision to team members and mentor students.
The team works a shift pattern covering, Monday-Friday, this includes Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays on a rota basis.
The team covers days a year, the ability to work shifts is essential.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
12. Recent and relevant, post-qualification experience with functional older adults
Desirable criteria
13. Community experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
14. Nursing degree/diploma and NMC registration
15. Mentorship/SSSA trained
Desirable criteria
16. Supervision trained
Skills
Essential criteria
17. Knowledge of MHA/Capacity act/Legal frameworks
18. Able to meet the travel requirements of this post
19. Aware of own Limitations
20. Good clinical assessment skills
21. Good demonstration of risk assessment skills
22. Knowledge of functional illness
Desirable criteria
23. Evidence of effective risk management working
24. Good IT skills/ knowledge of computer systems.
Further details / informal visits contact
NameAlan YoungJob titleOperational Service ManagerEmail number0 6Additional information
Josh Kearney
Clinical Lead
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