Older Adult Community Mental Health Nurse Consultant

Job summary

Community mental health services play a crucial role in delivering mental health care for adults and older adults with severe mental health needs as close to home as possible. This role enhances the provision of our current Older Adult Mental Health Services to the population of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough. We work across community and clinic based services. This role will have a focus on Memory Service and Young onset Dementia.

The NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 - 2023/24 set out that the NHS will develop new and integrated models of primary and community mental health care. A new community-based offer will include access to psychological therapies, improved physical health care, employment support, personalised and trauma informed care, medicines management and support for self- harm and coexisting substance use. By 2023/24, this will enable at least 370,000 adults and older adults per year nationally to have greater choice and control over their care, and to live well in their communities. Our community services are expanding and transforming, and we are keen for additional clinical leadership, governance and oversight to support our workforce into these services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work autonomously managing their own workload and continue to develop and apply their knowledge and skills to a broad range of clinically and professionally challenging and complex situations.

Acting within their professional boundaries the post holder will be responsible for patients across defined community pathways and this is not limited to, but will involve:

• Initial history taking
• Clinical assessment
• Diagnosis
• Determining appropriate treatment options
• Delivery of care which is personalised
• Evaluating response to treatment
• Diagnostics -to analyse initial assessment including assessment tools, clinical history and radiological finding to diagnose dementia and subtype. Onward referral for more complex cases - further radiological examination, referral to neuropsychology, neurology, Parkinson's Clinic.
• Attendance at Diagnostic, Radiology and Memory Team MDTs

They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and both directly provide and supervise other members of the multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of expert care to patients within the defined clinical area.

The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process, and work collaboratively with the multi-professional team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required within the clinical setting.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

http://workwith.rdash.nhs.uk/