Community Dementia Practitioner in Worcester

Are you a nurse or OT who is passionate about supporting people living with dementia? Are you able to provide interventions to both patients and carers to maintain wellbeing and prevent crisis? If so, come and join our innovative Community Dementia Service.

Our Community Dementia Service is provided in collaboration with the Alzheimers Society and will form a key part of support throughout the dementia journey. Sitting within our Older Adult Community Mental Health Team (OACMHT), you will be providing brief interventions for people living with dementia with the aim of reducing distress, maintaining wellbeing and avoiding crisis. You will have access to the wider MDT where patients can be stepped-up to the OACMHT for more complex or ongoing support. You will also spend time each week undertaking routine dementia assessments or other OACMHT activities.

Working hours are Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00. Part time and flexible working will be considered.

Main duties of the job

A typical day will include a mix of direct clinical assessment and interventions for people living with dementia as well as providing clinical advice to the Dementia Advisors and other services e.g. Primary Care. You will offer short term interventions to patients and their carers to reduce distress, maintain wellbeing and avoid crisis. Your interventions will be goal based and look to empower those accessing the service. You will support the development of the service through the collection of outcome measures and other metrics and engage in promotion and education events, as well as your own professional development. You will provide a seamless transition for patients supported by the Dementia Advisors into your service and utilise your expert knowledge to assess need and guide patient care. You will take a collaborative approach to all of your work, and ensure accurate documentation is maintained.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer:

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website. We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.

Job responsibilities

We believe that our Older Adult Mental Health Services are a great place to work. You will be surrounded by passionate, empathic and hard-working colleagues and a management team who are invested in supporting your development. This is a great opportunity to be involved in the development of a new service to better meet the needs of people living with dementia and those supporting them.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

• Essential: Experience of working in a Mental Health setting, Assessment of people presenting with mental health problems, Assessment and management of clinical risk, Working within a multidisciplinary team, Managing own case load.
• Desirable: Working in collaboration with VCSE service, Experience of Care Coordination, Training/developing staff and/or patients, Experience of delivering evidence-based psychosocial interventions.

Additional Criteria

• Essential: Able to meet the travel requirements of the post.

Qualifications

• Essential: Relevant professional qualification relating to Health or Social Care e.g., in social work, nursing, OT, with current professional registration RMN, BSc/DipSW, BSc OT, Recent evidence of continuing professional development.
• Desirable: Teaching/training qualification, Psychological therapy qualification.

Knowledge

• Essential: Knowledge of principles of assessment of people with mental health problems, Knowledge of principles of risk assessment and management, Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2006 and other relevant legislation.

Skills & Abilities

• Essential: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats, Mental health assessment skills, Care planning, Delivery of evidence-based interventions in mental health.
• Desirable: Skilled in the provision of clinical supervision to both peers and junior members of staff.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.