Band 7 Non Medical Prescriber

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
**Non-Medical Prescriber Dementia Intensive Support Team, East Suffolk**

We have an opportunity for a Non-Medical Prescriber to join the Dementia Intensive Support Team in East Suffolk (DISTe).

DISTe has recently become part of the Older People’s community service. We are strengthening the links between DISTe and the older People’s community mental health teams. With this in mind the NMP will receive clinical prescribing supervision and support from the Coastal team consultant psychiatrist.

This is an exciting time to work in older People’s community services and we are looking for someone who is passionate about working with older people to help DISTe evolve and grow as part of wider service transformation.

DISTe works in a collaborative and supportive way which puts our service users at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for an NMP colleague who will bring their skills and expertise to the team to this MDT approach.

Managerial and clinical supervision are embedded in the team.

**Main duties of the job**:

- Formulating treatment plans to provide a holistic service to meet mental health and physical health needs.
- To complete comprehensive assessment including assessment and management of risk.
- Undertaking urgent medication reviews for those in a crisis.
- Exploring alternatives to admission and advocating for intensive community-based/home treatment options.
- To provide advice, support and guidance where required to the MDT.
- This role is largely community visits within the urban/rural areas East Suffolk.
- To support staff development and act as a role model to the team, such as demonstrating the behaviours required in line with our Trust values.
- Take part in Quality and Safety Reviews within the Trust.
- Undertake Line Management Supervision within the team for an agreed number of staff.

**Working for our organisation**:
**Working for our organisation**

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

**Why work for us?** We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

**Why Norfolk and Suffolk?** The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or beautiful countryside. We’re an hour and a half away from London and our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- RMN or equivalent professional qualification
- Non Medical Prescriber

**Desirable criteria**:

- Study experience at masters level

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Extensive experience in acute mental health care
- Evidence of supervision and mentorship of others

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of implementing evidence-based practice and/or service improvement

**Skills / Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to communicate confidently and widely
- Able to demonstrate sound clinical expertise and knowledge of mental health disorders and their treatm