Job summary
We are recruiting for a Specialist Senior Community Practitioner who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards great people, great place.
This post is vital in helping to enable people living with dementia and their families/carers to optimise independence through a range of assessment and therapeutic interventions. The aim being to enhance health and well-being, reduce risks and support engagement in meaningful activity within community settings.
This post requires the practitioner to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the Memory Service.
The post holder will manage a clinical caseload to deliver effective interventions within this speciality.
Interventions aim to have a significant impact on the wider economy in reducing hospital admissions and re-admissions, reducing residential placements, recommending appropriate support for domiciliary care packages as well as improving health outcomes.
Main duties of the job
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
To provide support and develop Memory Service in this specialist area and contribute to related policies.
You will demonstrate a high level of knowledge about dementia and co-morbidities and demonstrate skill and expertise relating to assessment of cognative ability, psychological and emotional wellbeing, risk assessment and management, and supporting the needs of family/carers.
To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
Will cascade knowledge through education and training within the Memory Service and the wider community.
To provide leadership for junior staff, through supervision and appraisal as delegated by the team lead.
To regularly supervise students on practice placement.
To contribute to the development of the Service by completing clinical audits, service improvements and undertake research.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users. Every day brings a fresh challenge to our staff and being part of our island gives you the opportunity to work as one cohesive team.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. There is a regional airport at Southampton, with flights to many European destinations as well as UK mainland cities. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out the plan to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care that benefits all our community. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Please refer to attached JD/PS for information.
Job Purpose.
To provide high quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals and work in partnership with other agencies to provide seamless, flexible services which meet patient and carer need.
Job Statement.
The post holder will be responsible, together with the wider team, for providing care, interventions and health promotion to people with Mental Health Needs including cognitive impairment and dementia across a range of settings in the community. This might include patients own homes, residential and nursing homes and community venues.
The post holder will undertake a supervisory role in respect to multi-disciplinary junior team members and work alongside the Team Leader on clinical issues such as assessment, post diagnostic support and therapeutic interventions.
The post holder will also be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, as well as taking all opportunities to become actively involved in training and teaching programmes, both within the Trust and the wider community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out the plan to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care that benefits all our community. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Please refer to attached JD/PS for information.
Job Purpose.
To provide high quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals and work in partnership with other agencies to provide seamless, flexible services which meet patient and carer need.
Job Statement.
The post holder will be responsible, together with the wider team, for providing care, interventions and health promotion to people with Mental Health Needs including cognitive impairment and dementia across a range of settings in the community. This might include patients own homes, residential and nursing homes and community venues.
The post holder will undertake a supervisory role in respect to multi-disciplinary junior team members and work alongside the Team Leader on clinical issues such as assessment, post diagnostic support and therapeutic interventions.
The post holder will also be expected to work as an autonomous practitioner, as well as taking all opportunities to become actively involved in training and teaching programmes, both within the Trust and the wider community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN with live NMC registration
- Evidence of on-going development and post registration training.
- Post registration training in evidence based psychological treatments.
- Demonstrable Care CoCoordinator Competencies.
- Training in Risk assessment and management skills.
- Ability to build on the knowledge, skills and priorities of people working in a range of disciplines
- Experience in the assessment and management of people with serious and enduring mental health, cognitive impairment and dementia
- Evidence of undertaking audit work
- Innovative, creative and a willingness to try new ideas
- Nurse Mentorship or OT Practice Placement Qualification
Desirable
- working towards Supplementary or Independent non-medical prescribing qualification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN with live NMC registration
- Evidence of on-going development and post registration training.
- Post registration training in evidence based psychological treatments.
- Demonstrable Care CoCoordinator Competencies.
- Training in Risk assessment and management skills.
- Ability to build on the knowledge, skills and priorities of people working in a range of disciplines
- Experience in the assessment and management of people with serious and enduring mental health, cognitive impairment and dementia
- Evidence of undertaking audit work
- Innovative, creative and a willingness to try new ideas
- Nurse Mentorship or OT Practice Placement Qualification
Desirable
- working towards Supplementary or Independent non-medical prescribing qualification.
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).
