Job summary
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Mental Health Community Nurse within the Behaviour Support Service (BSS) for Older Person's Community Central, at the Campus for Ageing and Vitality (CAV). The service is well established since 2008 and works into all the care homes in Newcastle and part of the borough of North Tyneside.
The BSS is looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated individual who has a specialist interest in working with the mental health care of older adults. Appropriate skills and knowledge are required to work with this client group, to meet their needs arising from organic or functional illness, and to help the teams who support them in a care environment. You will need knowledge or experience of working in Older People's services and excellent communication skills to work with multiple teams and liaise with different agencies.
Main duties of the job
The BSS supports older people living in a care environment by promoting least restrictive practice (reducing use of restrictive interventions) with a non-pharmacological focus and developing psycho-social interventions. You will use the Newcastle Model of unmet needs as part of a behavioural assessment and will devise and evaluate intervention support plans with care home staff. You will also have the opportunity to provide teaching and training to care home staff.
The team has been hugely successful in preventing and reducing hospital admissions for its client group in the Newcastle area since its inception. We are looking for somebody who is excited to advance in their current role or to develop a new specialty. The BSS has a fantastic staff retention rate and can meet your individual training and development needs within role including research opportunities.
You will join the team at an exciting time where you will help support service development and new ways of working. This includes the ongoing development and embedding of a pathway to support clients with a functional illness.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
The BSS has strong relationships with co-located teams at CAV including Community Treatment Team (CTT); Memory Assessment and Management Service (MAMS); Psychology; Psychiatry and Castleside Day Hospital (CDH). You will attend MDT meetings and there is the opportunity for joint working between services. The BSS team also benefits from the opportunity for flexible and remote working.
You will be a confident, experienced clinician with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who is focused and well organized. The demand of the job also requires the ability to be autonomous, flexible and responsive with a positive attitude to teamwork. You must have a strong commitment to the delivery of high quality, safe, patient care and be a good role model in reflecting the Trusts core Values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake specific assessment of individual service users and to contribute to the formulation and implementation of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- To provide therapeutic and educational guidance to enable care providers to provide appropriate high quality care for older people displaying challenging behaviours.
- To provide the expected clinical duties in keeping with the grade.
- To care co-ordinate individual clients within an appropriate framework. Take part in an ongoing team approach to all service users of Team.
- To maintain and update risk assessments in conjunction with user presentation and evidence based practice.
- To ensure that clients are consulted about their care and are involved in the decision-making process regarding development of the service.
- To be jointly responsible for setting standards of care and clinical practice within a multi-disciplinary environment.
- To ensure that any client care is carried out effectively, liaising with relatives, statutory and non-statutory bodies as appropriate in line with service policy.
- To maintain and keep accurate records and clinical notes including electronic information systems.
- To fulfil all statutory requirements, where appropriate, set out for both the health trust and local authority.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 4th July 2023
Closing date : 18th July 2023
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake specific assessment of individual service users and to contribute to the formulation and implementation of a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- To provide therapeutic and educational guidance to enable care providers to provide appropriate high quality care for older people displaying challenging behaviours.
- To provide the expected clinical duties in keeping with the grade.
- To care co-ordinate individual clients within an appropriate framework. Take part in an ongoing team approach to all service users of Team.
- To maintain and update risk assessments in conjunction with user presentation and evidence based practice.
- To ensure that clients are consulted about their care and are involved in the decision-making process regarding development of the service.
- To be jointly responsible for setting standards of care and clinical practice within a multi-disciplinary environment.
- To ensure that any client care is carried out effectively, liaising with relatives, statutory and non-statutory bodies as appropriate in line with service policy.
- To maintain and keep accurate records and clinical notes including electronic information systems.
- To fulfil all statutory requirements, where appropriate, set out for both the health trust and local authority.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 4th July 2023
Closing date : 18th July 2023
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- mental health qualification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent Team work
Knowledge
Essential
- knowledge of disciplinary working
- understand mental health and behaviour in older people
- Support delivery of needs led care plans
- 12-24 months minimum post registration experience
Experience
Essential
- understand the use of formulation led care plans
- working with older people organic and functional concerns
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- mental health qualification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent Team work
Knowledge
Essential
- knowledge of disciplinary working
- understand mental health and behaviour in older people
- Support delivery of needs led care plans
- 12-24 months minimum post registration experience
Experience
Essential
- understand the use of formulation led care plans
- working with older people organic and functional concerns
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).
