Job summary
A vacancy has arisen for a specialist practitioner post in the newly formed North Wiltshire Dementia Service in the West Wiltshire area. This passionate team brings together a number of pre-existing services including The Memory Service, Older adults CMHT and Care Home Liaison to create an integrated dementia service capable of working across all clinical settings and care pathways in North Wiltshire.
As a specialist dementia practitioner, you will have the opportunity to work in a variety of roles and pathways, undertaking specialist assessments and coordinating treatment plans for people with complex needs.
The team enjoys excellent clinical leadership from a range of specialists working within the service.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role include the completion of mental health assessments and reviews with people living with Dementia in a range of locations under the CPA framework.
This will include liaison with carers, multidisciplinary teams and external colleagues such as support agencies.
The North Wiltshire Dementia Service is a very passionate and friendly team within Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership.
We consist of a Team Manager, Consultant Psychiatrists, Specialist Doctors, Non-Medical Prescriber, Specialist Occupational Therapist, Specialist Nurse Practitioners and Support Workers.
The team specialise in working alongside patients living with Dementia and their carers and are motivated in optimising the overall wellbeing of everybody we work with.
We work together closely to provide the best possible clinical care. We strive to expand our knowledge through learning opportunities provided within Group Supervision sessions etc and often reflect on our work together in order to enhance knowledge and skills.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide specialist memory assessment for referred service users using specified assessment tools to an agreed standard.
- Develop and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with service users and significant others.
- To work in partnership with service users and carers providing them with relevant information, signposting them to relevant agencies and assisting service users to make choices and plans for their future care.
- Provide a specialist service in a variety of settings having responsibility for managing your own caseload, providing interventions as appropriate and based on best available practice.
- Review of patients taking both memory enhancing medication, and medications prescribed to treat behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
- Undertake the non-medical prescribers course where appropriate and utilise these skills to enhance the service
- In conjunction with colleagues or other providers participate in the provision of post diagnostic groups for service users and/or carers helping to develop a network of community support for service users and their carers.
- Maintain accurate and up to date records of casework with individual clients, ensuring that your practice & record keeping complies with all relevant standards and Good Practice Guidelines.
- Ensure the monitoring and evaluation of the service by collecting and recording high quality and timely data using electronic and paper systems as required.
- To attend clinical and team business meetings as necessary.
- Participate in your own supervision and appraisal working with your line manager to set and review your objectives, and to identify and meet your training and professional development needs as outlined in the KSF profile for your post.
- Maintain professional registration and abide by the NMC code of conduct.
- Ensure that you keep up to date with developments in dementia care, ensuring that your practice is based on best available evidence and meets all relevant standards and requirements.
- Have responsibility for the supervision of other staff as required.Contribute to the provision of training for students, working with colleagues to ensure that the service meets relevant standards in this respect.
- Participate in providing support, advice and training to staff of other services as appropriate.
- Have responsibility for other duties as agreed with line manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide specialist memory assessment for referred service users using specified assessment tools to an agreed standard.
- Develop and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with service users and significant others.
- To work in partnership with service users and carers providing them with relevant information, signposting them to relevant agencies and assisting service users to make choices and plans for their future care.
- Provide a specialist service in a variety of settings having responsibility for managing your own caseload, providing interventions as appropriate and based on best available practice.
- Review of patients taking both memory enhancing medication, and medications prescribed to treat behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
- Undertake the non-medical prescribers course where appropriate and utilise these skills to enhance the service
- In conjunction with colleagues or other providers participate in the provision of post diagnostic groups for service users and/or carers helping to develop a network of community support for service users and their carers.
- Maintain accurate and up to date records of casework with individual clients, ensuring that your practice & record keeping complies with all relevant standards and Good Practice Guidelines.
- Ensure the monitoring and evaluation of the service by collecting and recording high quality and timely data using electronic and paper systems as required.
- To attend clinical and team business meetings as necessary.
- Participate in your own supervision and appraisal working with your line manager to set and review your objectives, and to identify and meet your training and professional development needs as outlined in the KSF profile for your post.
- Maintain professional registration and abide by the NMC code of conduct.
- Ensure that you keep up to date with developments in dementia care, ensuring that your practice is based on best available evidence and meets all relevant standards and requirements.
- Have responsibility for the supervision of other staff as required.Contribute to the provision of training for students, working with colleagues to ensure that the service meets relevant standards in this respect.
- Participate in providing support, advice and training to staff of other services as appropriate.
- Have responsibility for other duties as agreed with line manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing qualification and current registration.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-registration experience as a practitioner working with older people experiencing memory problems.
- Experience of working in partnership with other statutory or voluntary organisations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing qualification and current registration.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-registration experience as a practitioner working with older people experiencing memory problems.
- Experience of working in partnership with other statutory or voluntary organisations
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).
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