Advanced Practitioner and Medication Lead

6 days ago


Wokingham, United Kingdom Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Interviews will be held on 23 May 2024.

The Wokingham Older Adult Mental Health Service is looking for an Advanced Practitioner and Medication Lead to work primarily within our Memory Clinic. The post holder will be a Non-Medical Prescriber and have highly developed clinical skills and expert knowledge in dementia pathways and older people with mental health problems.

The post holder must be enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated to contribute towards maintaining our standards of high quality care to our patients.

Wokingham Memory Clinic is proud to be an accredited Memory Clinic by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP). Combined with being an ‘Outstanding’, well-led, organisation, and having an ‘Outstanding’ Older Adults Community Mental Health Team in our latest CQC inspection. The post holder would therefore be expected to work towards helping the service maintain these accolades of high standards.

This post is 24 hours a week - ideally over 3 days, days and times to be agreed.

**Responsibilities include**: supervising medication reviews, medication side effects and providing high quality psychoeducation to staff as well as patients and carers. In addition, the role will directly supervise the prescription administrator, providing high quality transfer of prescribing into primary care. Furthermore, the post holder will complete initial assessments / feedbacks, and provide duty triage support where required.

**The post holder will**:
Be a senior practitioner, offering highly specialist advice and guidance to colleagues regarding appropriate treatments and support complex decision making within the service.
Have highly developed clinical skills and expert knowledge in dementia pathways and older people with mental health problems.
It is essential that you will be a non-medical prescriber and undertake the role of - Nurse Prescriber within the clinical area / setting of Wokingham Older Adult Mental Health Service.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments and follow ups in a range of settings including the patient’s own home

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

**Our values at Berkshire Healthcare**:
Caring for and about you is our top priority

Committed to providing good quality, safe services

Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

**Benefits of working for us include**:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance.

27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme

Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants

Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality

Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.

Free parking across Trust sites

**The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role**:
1. Have the relevant professional qualification ( Mental Health Nurse)

2. Hold an active non-medical prescriber qualification.

3. You will be an experienced practitioner with the relevant mental health / clinical experience.

4. Be a car driver with the ability and readiness to travel.

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare



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