Job summary
Senior Nurse Practitioner / Clinical Team Leader - Band 7
Newham Diagnostic Memory Clinic
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Mental Health professional with leadership and supervisory skills to join our Diagnostic Memory Clinic. The post holder should have specialist interest in Dementia and background experience of working with older adults in community mental health setting.
We are currently undergoing an exciting time of transformation, working in partnership with our service users, their carers, Local Authority and voluntary organisations in a drive to continue our goal of providing inclusive and high quality care while developing our service beyond the traditional scope of Diagnosing.
To support us in this process, the successful candidate will be working alongside the Operational Team Lead to provide day-to-day management and clinical leadership to the Team, supporting staff to adapt to the changes and making complex decisions regarding the planning, development and monitoring the care provided.
Main duties of the job
The holder will work alongside the Operational Team Lead as senior practitioner to manage the Diagnostic Memory Clinic within the Community Mental Health Care for Older People of the Newham Locality
Demonstrate ability to manage a service and group of staff, ensuring that standards and quality of care provided are (culturally) sensitive to individual service users needs and have positive impact on their experience and that of their carers'.
Ensure holistic assessment, care and support to people referred to the service for memory assessment, those presenting with co-morbid health care needs.
Effectively coordinate and manage caseload of service users referred and /or waiting for memory assessment, ensuring safety and responsiveness of the Service.
Ensure that service users and their carers are well informed and actively engaged in all stages of the assessment and care delivery process provided by the Service, ensuring that their views are acknowledged and taken into account.
Ensure post-diagnostic feedback and Support, including therapeutic counselling and groups are offered to service users diagnosed with dementia and/or cognitive impairment and their families, ensuring that the support provided are appropriate to meet individual needs.
To manage Nurse-led Titration Clinic run by the Service.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse with current Registration with NMC
- oEvidence of Post Registration continuing professional development
Desirable
- oAdvanced level specialist Dementia nursing skills
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious specialist nursing experience at Band 5 and above.
- oPrevious specialist nursing experience of working with older adults
- oPrevious experience of functioning as a team member
- oPrevious experience of independently conducting psycho-social assessment and planning care for service user with complex care needs
- oPrevious experience of acting upon service user and carer feedback and information to improve service delivery, taking personal responsibility for resolving the situation
- oPrevious experience of willingness to take responsibility and accountability for decisions and actions as a leader.
- oPrevious experience of clinical audits and KPI reporting
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of assessment and care planning skills
- oEvidence of excellent organizational skills
- oEvidence/demonstration of range of communication skills in a multi-disciplinary team
- oClinical level IT skills and report writing
- oEvidences of excellent skills of conflict resolution, negotiation and facilitation
- oCrisis assessment and management skills
- oApplication of evidence into best practice
- oEvidence of analytical and problem solving skills
- oEvidence of ability to analyse clinical data and course of action to improve standards
Knowledge
Essential
- oUnderstanding of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and how the Act is used to support older adults with Dementia and cognitive impairment
- oUnderstanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 (2007) and how sections of the Act are used in practice
- oUnderstanding of Human Rights Act 1998 and how this is used in practice when caring for people with dementia and cognitive impairment
- oKnowledge of Trauma-informed Care
- oKnowledge and understanding of safeguarding vulnerable adults and its procedures
- oUnderstanding of the key themes of clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
- oKnowledge and understanding of approaches to clinical risk assessment and management
- oUp to date knowledge of current and relevant approaches to mental health nursing and national agendas that impact upon the care of older people with dementia
- oKnowledge and understanding of clinical, environmental and others factors that impact the health and care of older adults
- oKnowledge and understanding of equal opportunities policies and procedures and how they affect staff, service users and carers
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse with current Registration with NMC
- oEvidence of Post Registration continuing professional development
Desirable
- oAdvanced level specialist Dementia nursing skills
Experience
Essential
- oPrevious specialist nursing experience at Band 5 and above.
- oPrevious specialist nursing experience of working with older adults
- oPrevious experience of functioning as a team member
- oPrevious experience of independently conducting psycho-social assessment and planning care for service user with complex care needs
- oPrevious experience of acting upon service user and carer feedback and information to improve service delivery, taking personal responsibility for resolving the situation
- oPrevious experience of willingness to take responsibility and accountability for decisions and actions as a leader.
- oPrevious experience of clinical audits and KPI reporting
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of assessment and care planning skills
- oEvidence of excellent organizational skills
- oEvidence/demonstration of range of communication skills in a multi-disciplinary team
- oClinical level IT skills and report writing
- oEvidences of excellent skills of conflict resolution, negotiation and facilitation
- oCrisis assessment and management skills
- oApplication of evidence into best practice
- oEvidence of analytical and problem solving skills
- oEvidence of ability to analyse clinical data and course of action to improve standards
Knowledge
Essential
- oUnderstanding of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and how the Act is used to support older adults with Dementia and cognitive impairment
- oUnderstanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 (2007) and how sections of the Act are used in practice
- oUnderstanding of Human Rights Act 1998 and how this is used in practice when caring for people with dementia and cognitive impairment
- oKnowledge of Trauma-informed Care
- oKnowledge and understanding of safeguarding vulnerable adults and its procedures
- oUnderstanding of the key themes of clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
- oKnowledge and understanding of approaches to clinical risk assessment and management
- oUp to date knowledge of current and relevant approaches to mental health nursing and national agendas that impact upon the care of older people with dementia
- oKnowledge and understanding of clinical, environmental and others factors that impact the health and care of older adults
- oKnowledge and understanding of equal opportunities policies and procedures and how they affect staff, service users and carers
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
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
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Newham Community Mental Health Care for Older People
First Avenue Resource Centre, 103 First Avenue, Plaistow
London
E13 8AP
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
