B6 Nurse Assessor Person Specification

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation TrustAbout

Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated health and social care Trust. We are the main provider of a wide range of specialist health & social care services to individuals and their carers or families in Sheffield. The Trust has an excellent reputation for providing high quality services to people within our care. Our vision is that people who use our services will achieve their full potential, living fulfilled lives in the community. We provide:

• Mental health services for adults and older people
• Services for people with learning disabilities
• Services for people with drug and alcohol problems
• A wide range of other specialist services, such as for people accessing maternal mental health, gender dysphoria services and psychology for people with physical health problems

We also provide a full range of services at sites where people live. These services aim to provide care and treatment to individuals and their families and help people to maintain their independence and continue with their day-to-day lives as far as possible. We provide a range of in-patient and residential services for individuals who cannot be appropriately helped in a community-based setting. Within our learning disability services we work closely with a large number of supported living settings/residential care homes in partnership with housing associations. Many of the people we help are seen in their own homes by members of staff, and some people attend our clinics to see nurses, social workers, therapists or doctors. We provide treatment, care and help on an individual or group basis where support and guidance is provided. We also work alongside GPs and other staff in local health centres, or with staff from other organisations often in the voluntary sector. We often see people for short periods of time, providing advice and treatment which helps resolve the person's problems. For people with more serious longer term difficulties we will support them and work with them for a number of years. As a Foundation Trust we work in partnership with Sheffield City Council and have formal agreements with them, called a section 75 agreement, to provide a range of social care services on the Council's behalf. Through these arrangements, we have made good progress in developing 'integrated' services for the people of Sheffield - an important goal that is shared by ourselves and the City Council. We have placed great importance on working with other organisations to deliver integrated health and social care services to local people. In doing this we have aimed to reflect and provide for the diverse needs of the people and communities of Sheffield.

We have core values which are at the heart of all our daily activities, these values are:

• Working together for our service users
• Respect and kindness
• Everyone counts
• Commitment to quality
• Improving lives

Key detailsLocation

Site: The Longely Centre, Northern General Hospital
Address: Norwood Grange Drive
Town: Sheffield
Postcode: S5 7JT
Major / Minor Region: South Yorkshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm. No Bank Holiday working)

Salary

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Specialty

Main area: Mental Health

Job overview

The Memory Service offers an exciting opportunity to work with older adults who are experiencing memory difficulties. The post holder will work closely with the service user and their supporters/next of kin/carers to ensure that their experience from assessment, through to diagnosis and post diagnostic planning, ensuring that their care is personalised with them at the centre. If you have an enthusiastic and positive approach to working with people with dementia and like to work in a supportive multi disciplinary team this may be your opportunity.

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The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary service:

• assess, plan, implement, evaluate treatment and collaborative care planning
• provide cognitive testing and assessment in the community or hub base
• deliver group/1:1 education interventions
• maintain and promote a personalised approach in all aspects of service delivery to service users and their significant others using our service.

Working for our organisation

We are passionate about providing the very best service for the people who use our service and are looking for likewise nurses who share our passion. Sheffield offers huge opportunities for people from music, theatre and entertainment centres to the magnificent Peak District for ramblers, climbers or cyclists. We can offer you the opportunity to develop your career, have access to a range of training and education opportunities, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide cognitive testing, assessment, diagnosis and review in the community/hub
• Coordinate and actively participate in the daily running of the Case Management Team in the absence of the substantive post holder
• Work collaboratively with peers to co-ordinate the duties and responsibilities of other nursing and support staff within the service on a day to day basis
• Actively contribute to the development and delivery of therapeutic/treatment plans and psychosocial/educational interventions
• Ensure, through supervision, that each allocated service user has a comprehensive, clear and up to date collaborative care plan with specified objectives designed to meet the individuals identified care needs, ensuring effective clear communications and service user/significant others involvement in the formulation, while respecting the wishes and autonomy of the individual
• Participate and input into the multi-disciplinary team meetings [MDT] providing follow up as necessary/indicated post MDT
• Identify and make appropriate referrals to other agencies/services to support service users needs
• Provide support and guidance to junior staff members
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Primary Care colleagues and 3rd party sector
• Participate with colleagues in the promotion of an active learning environment in order to maintain and develop high standards of professional and clinical practice. Promoting opportunities for self, nursing colleagues and support staff to access available education/training.

We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive and to meet this aim we welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experience and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield, that of the people who use our services, and that of the people who may need to use our services but face barriers to access. Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website.

We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.

Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:

• The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group
• The Disability Staff Network Group
• The Lived Experience Staff Network Group
• The Rainbow Staff Network Group
• The Staff Carers Staff Network Group
• The Women's Staff Network Group

We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role. The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s).

When applying for this post you will redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specificationKnowledge and SkillsEssential criteria

• Registered Nurse Mental Health or Occupational Therapist, 2 years post grad
• Working knowledge and understanding of older adults with organic mental health

Desirable criteria

• Non medical prescriber or willing to undertake training
• Evidence of delivering a group intervention

Training and QualificationsEssential criteria

• Registered Nurse Level 3 (RMHN) or Qualified Occupational Therapist
• Mentor or assessor Qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of continued professional development relevant to role

Desirable criteria

• Use of assessment tools e.g. Addenbrookes Cognitive Exam lll; Geriatric depression scale
• Diagnosis feedback

ExperienceEssential criteria

• Leadership and interpersonal qualities
• Effective time management
• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical practice in dementia care
• Use of a car

Documents

• B6 Nurse Assessor Job Description (, 328.4)PDFKB
• B6 Nurse Assessor Person Specification (, 280.4)PDFKB

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Susan Burns
Job title: Memory Service Team Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0114 2716015

Amy Whiteley (ACP) can also be contacted for discussion about the role.

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