Community Nurse Associate

Job overview

The older peoples community mental health team is looking for a nurse associate who has a keen interest or experience in older peoples mental health.

We would like to hear from you if you are keen to be part of a service that supports people over 65 years to live well in their homes and in care placement settings.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK - sponsorship is not available. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Main duties of the job

As a Community Mental Health Nursing Associate you will provide community patient led services and work with older adults over-65 years who have mental health issues and complex dementia needs.

This role is one in a multi disciplinary team and you will be a core part of that team.

Main duties will include the monitoring of antipsychotics as part of the BPSD pathway, administering depots, completing medication reviews and mental health  reviews of people on our caseloads that reside in residential and care homes.

Feeding back to MDT, care homes, individuals , carers and other professionals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

Provide therapeutic interventions with a service user

Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with service users, families and carers

Contribute to ongoing assessment, recognising when it is necessary to refer to others for reassessment

Perform nursing interventions advocated within the service users care plan

Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of service user care

Involve service users/ carers in the planning and delivery of care in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs

Maintain the welfare and safety of service users and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance

Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered

Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect service user confidential information

Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with the professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy

Demonstrate problem solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues

Participate in regular clinical supervision

Engage in public health, community development and in the reduction of health inequalities

Be able to identify role boundaries