Poole Community Mental Health Team for Older Persons is recruiting for a Community Mental Health Nurse.
This role is essential to maintaining continuity of care and supporting the team in providing care to people experiencing severe mental illness and/or organic mental illness. Consideration will also be given to applicants seeking part-time hours.
The service is a specialist team providing assessment, treatment and support for individuals suffering from organic and functional mental health illness. Experience of working with older adults with organic / functional mental illness in an inpatient or community setting would be an advantage.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivated and hard-working, with a positive approach to delivering high quality care to the older person and be willing to work collaboratively with carers and other professionals.
You will carry a defined caseload and manage this with the support of the team leader and the wider team. There will be opportunities for you to develop your own clinical assessment skills, whilst risk assessment and management will remain at the forefront of everything you do. Being a learning organisation, we are happy to support you in advancing your own skill set using additional learning opportunities.
This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.
We work with a multitude of services across the Poole Locality to ensure the mental health needs of the older adult population is met. This job is challenging but the team is well established and supportive.
We are looking for someone who is reliable, committed and motivated with excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to prioritise their caseload alongside balancing service demands.
The post holder will work as part of an established integrated multi-disciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Nurses, Occupational therapist, Psychologist, Social Services, Support Time Recovery Workers and an administration team.
The primary role responsibility is to act as dedicated Care Coordinator for a caseload of patients with whom you would provide person centred, holistic care to assist in aiding their wellbeing and recovery.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact .
The post holder will hold a UK driving licence and have their own transport.
- Registered Mental Nurse
- Valid registration with NMC
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Valid RMN registration, Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
- Risk assessment and management
- The ability to prioritise and meet deadlines; organise work of self and others; supervising, teaching and assessing; self-motivated with the ability to motivate others; effective resource management.
- Skills in managing complex cases.
- Works well in a multi-disciplinary team.
- 1 years experience post qualification, Uses initiative and can make decisions. Manages difficult situations effectively.
- Awareness of Primary Care and Steps to Wellbeing.
- Applies current research and theory into practice., Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively
At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference.
Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people.
We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity.
We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.