Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Dementia
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Nurse Practitioner to work within our well established, forward thinking Later Life and Memory Service in Warrington
In return, you will join a supportive and enthusiastic team at an exciting stage in its development and also benefit from the Trust's high commitment to staff development, supervision and training. You will have support from nursing colleagues. You will also have regular professional supervision. Access to transport is essential.
Consideration will be given to Band 5 applicants as a development role.
Short listing planned for 6th February 2023
Interviews planned for 13th February 2023
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with local services to provide mental health assessment, appropriate triage and assessment.
The post holder will support the Clinical Team Manager in carrying continuing professional and managerial responsibility for their clinical area. They will also contribute to maintenance of the overall standards, which will include assessment of need and delivery of care within the context of Effective Care Coordination.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.
To provide ongoing monitoring and support to people living with dementia in the community. Offer post diagnostic support to those newly diagnosed. Monitor the effects of medication prescribed including the tolerance and impact on physical health.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Date posted
19 January 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-MEN4938365
Job locations
Hollins Park
Hollins Lane
Warrington
WA2 8WA
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hollins Park
Hollins Lane
Warrington
WA2 8WA
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)







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