Older Peoples Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

Working as a senior member of an established Community Mental Health Team in the North Locality of Doncaster providing a high standard of safe, robust and evidence based clinical practice.

Working with complex organic and functional diagnosis within the community setting, liaising and integrating with both statutory and voluntary organisations in support of the specific client group.

Main duties of the job

To promote and maintain the highest attainable standard of nursing care in a community setting.

To support the band 6 nursing team with implementation of evidence based interventions from a plan of care

Perform re-assessments of clients to include risk and crisis plans

To maintain close working relationships with referring agencies.

To deputise for the Team Leader when required.

To carry a caseload of patients with both functional and organic issues as identified through the team systems process.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications