Clinical Specialist Practitioner

3 days ago

London, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic healthcare professional - Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who is ready for a new challenge to join our CMHT for Older People as Dementia/Older Adults Mental Health Practitioner. The post is full time. The post holder should have specialist interest and experience in Mental Health Care of Older Adult, Dementia in particular.

As a well-established CMHT with motivated, proactive and supportive team members, we care for service users with complex needs, including severe and enduring mental health needs, dementia and cognitive impairment, requiring us to provide skilled interventions through the integrated Health and Social Care model of care.

We are currently undergoing an exciting time of transformation, working in partnership with our service users, their carers, Local Authority, voluntary organisations and other stakeholders in a drive to continue our goal of providing inclusive and high quality care while developing our service beyond the traditional scope of health and social care

To provide specialist assessment, care and support to people presenting with cognitive impairment, dementia and co-morbid health care needs.

Actively engage people with Dementia and Cognitive impairment and their carers in all stages on intervention, ensuring that their views are acknowledged and taken into account.

Assess and present individual service user cases in MDT meetings for Team approach to providing care and services to service users and their carers.

To laisse with the GPs, Local Authority and other statutory organisations and voluntary agencies to promote partnership working.

To act as a care coordinator for a caseload of service users, ensuring that you develop, implement and review the individualised care provided.

To develop and facilitate specialist groups within the Team to support those diagnosed with Dementia and their families.

To provide post-diagnostic feedback and therapeutic counselling to service users diagnosed with dementia and their families, ensuring that support and appropriate advice are offered to them.

To conduct carers assessment and take action where required, including offering of support and referral to other services.

To act as a duty officer in line the Team Single Point of Entry (SPE) duty Rota, processing referrals and responding to emergencies as they arise.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.

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