Nursing Associate

1 week ago

Newport, United Kingdom Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

If you have a passion for care, especially within the speciality of Dementia Services, you will want a career that is enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills to make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Are you a warm and reflective person who seeks the best outcomes for people who are vulnerable?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to work in our Dementia Outreach Service, based within the Integrated Mental Health Hub at St. Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person with a passion for delivering excellent care to people living with Dementia to join the work of our team.

The team aims to proactively engage with people who have a dementia and are at risk of further deterioration, which may lead to a hospital admission out of area. We work closely with care facilities, people and families in their own homes, GP liaison and Adult Social Care and our NHS Memory Service to prevent admissions.

We do this by providing short term intensive support, which includes hands-on care, giving advice and support to care facilities, creating effective referrals, GP liaison and family support. We also complete cognitive testing, mental state assessments, and physical screening.

If we cannot prevent hospital admission, we seek to engage with mainland hospitals for regular updates, CPA reviews and weekly MDT meetings.

Applicants for this post must be flexible and available across 7 days between 8am-6pm.

Main duties of the job

* To ensure and take responsibility for the provision of comprehensive assessments of needs and risks of people referred to the service.

* To take responsibility for planning and the delivery of care to people requiring an acute and intensive response from this service.

* To plan and take responsibility in collaborating with service users and their carers together with other services/agencies on how people's needs are going to be met in short-term and long-term situations.

* To be active in the development of the service and continued development of professional practice and role.

* To ensure that relationships and own behaviour are managed in line with the Trust's Equalities Framework competencies.

* To ensure all communications are undertaken in a sensitive, confidential and professional manner.

* Interdisciplinary working and liaison with internal and external agencies to promote holistic and person-centred care and inclusion

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RMN or Allied health professional (Mental Health) Evidence based and experience of reflective practice. Current national legislative and professional requirements relating to social and health care and processes implemented locally (Community Care Act, Mental Health Act)

Experience

Essential

Assessment of risk, crisis management, intervention and management. Experience in therapeutic engagement to patients in groups. Wide knowledge/ appreciation of a range of models of practice in social and health care. Knowledge of interventions and strategies which embrace social and health care needs. Report writing Risk assessment and management. Mentorship /supervision qualifications/training Engagement Solution Focused working Liaison/negotiation Decision making

Additional Criteria

Essential

Ability to use assessment skills and tools effectively. Good verbal and written communication skills To undertake mandatory Breakaway (personal safety) training. To undertake lone working to patients with mental health concerns. Ability to work over a range of shifts covering 24hr period. Car driver with clean driving licence Ability to work under pressure and in crisis situations. Good communication skills. Good therapeutic skills including empathy, active listening and understanding of therapeutic boundaries. 'Can do' positive attitude to work demands. Approachable and positive. Flexible and adaptable. Broad outlook, accepting of diversity. Able to engage easily and motivate others. Able to manage personal appropriately. Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively. Good verbal and written communication skills. Ability to prioritise work and complete within deadlines. Ability to practice in a variety of clinical and community settings and effectively work using group delivery methods. Team building. Brief interventions. Computer literate. Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings and approaches. Positive and proactive attitude towards the client/patient group

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