The Lead Nurse post sits in the Dementia Rapid Response Team at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, a community service covering Derby City and South Derbyshire. The team supports older adults with dementia in or near mental health crisis, aiming to keep them at home and help them leave hospital sooner. Work is person-centred and non-pharmacological, delivered across a seven-day service with a duty role and a 12-week rolling roster. Applicants need recent post-qualification experience as an RMN, and overseas sponsorship is unlikely at the bottom of the pay band without prior NHS service.
What the job involves
- Lead complex cases and make complex clinical decisions, leading shifts within a multi-disciplinary team
- Provide clinically responsible, flexible community support to people with dementia
- Undertake the duty role: triage referrals, allocate visits and deliver handover
- Complete initial assessments, assess risk and formulate safety plans
- Formulate person-centred care plans focused on non-pharmacological interventions
- Apply the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act when required
- Provide in-reach to inpatient wards, attending 117 meetings
- Visit patients in their own homes and in 24 care
- Liaise with a range of professionals and agencies as part of the MDT
- Travel independently across the catchment area and occasionally beyond it
- Work shifts across the service, which operates seven days a week
- Document assessment and treatment on the EPR
Qualifications
- Mentorship/SSSA trained, or willing to complete training
Registration & licences
- Registered mental health nurse (RMN)
Experience
- Recent and relevant post-qualification nursing experience as an RMN
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of the MHA, Mental Capacity Act and legal frameworks
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Nice to have
- Community experience
- Experience working with older adults
- Experience working with people with dementia
- Supervision trained
What’s offered
- Appraisal
- Regular supervision
- Access to training opportunities
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
