Cpn Dementia

**CPN Dementia & Older People's Mental Health**:
**Band 6**:
**Main area**
- Dementia and Older people's Mental Health services
- **Grade**
- Band 6
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 201-23-169**Site**
- The Bassett Unit
- **Town**
- Redruth
- **Salary**
- £33,706 - £40,588 Per Annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 08/02/2023 23:59
- **Interview date**
- 24/02/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
The Dementia & Older People's Mental Health Service in Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation provides assessment and treatment to people living with dementia and adults with functional mental health difficulties and increased complexity associated with physical ill health and the physiology of ageing.

Based in Redruth at Longreach House and covers the Redruth and surrounding areas.

This post is for a Community Psychiatric Nurse working with people who have a dementia illness and / or a functional mental health illness, the latter the age of 75 and over.

The team in which you would be based have the following disciplines: A Consultant Psychiatrist, a Team manager, a Memory Assessment Nurse, a CAT Therapist, fellow band 6 CPN's, a Clinical Psychologist, Primary Care & Dementia Practitioner's, a Dementia Liaison Nurse, Health Care Assistants, and an Occupational Therapist.

We are looking for motivated individuals who are passionate about working in this field and who are looking to join a team who are passionate about delivering high quality safe and effective care.

You will be a qualified professional RMN, and have experience of working with people with dementia and/or mental health disorders and be able to manage a caseload under the Care Programme Approach placing the person at the centre of care in a busy but rewarding role.

Relocation package will be considered.

**Proposed interview date: 24th February 2023**

**Main duties of the job**:
The post holder will provide assessment, treatment and care co-ordination to two broad client groups:

- People living with dementia.
- Frail adults living with a range of mental health needs with the increased complexity associated with physical ill health and the physiology of ageing

The post holder will work as a senior member of the team and will have the responsibility to work closely with a wide range of both statutory and non-statutory agencies in developing and delivering personalised care under the care programme approach.

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

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