Job summary
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Assistant Practitioner to join our Dementia Treatment Team at the Sophie Centre, Julian Hospital, Norwich. In this role, you will help to provide non-pharmacological treatments to people who have been diagnosed with dementia. This will involve assessing individuals' suitability of different treatments, delivering treatments such as Cognitive Stimulation Therapy and reviewing patients during and after treatments to understand the efficacy of each patient's treatment and experience.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the assessment, planning, and delivery of Non-Pharmacological treatments to people living with dementia.
- Work collaboratively with nurses, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals
- Provide emotional support and practical assistance to service users and their families
- Contribute to the overall wellbeing of individuals living with dementia.
Requirements:
- Experience in mental health or elderly care is desirable
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Relevant health or social care, foundation degree qualification required
Join our team and make a difference in the lives of older adults in your community!
About us
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Join our Community Adult Mental Health Service based in North Norfolk. We are currently going through an exciting transformation working closely with our Primary care colleagues and working towards aligning our team with our local GP practices.
Our Trust vales of "TALK" sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy, and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging presentation.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) Based on full time hours.
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
You will be contacted via email and invited to book an interview time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy, and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging presentation.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) Based on full time hours.
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
You will be contacted via email and invited to book an interview time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health or apprenticeship in H&SC/mental health L5
Experience
Essential
- Working with Service Users with mental health needs
- Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
- Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process
Skills
Essential
- Able to drive and use of own transport to travel throughout catchment area in Norfolk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health or apprenticeship in H&SC/mental health L5
Experience
Essential
- Working with Service Users with mental health needs
- Working within Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
- Working knowledge and understanding of CPA process
Skills
Essential
- Able to drive and use of own transport to travel throughout catchment area in Norfolk
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
