Older Adult Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to recruit a Band 5 (developmental) or Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to work our well-established Ferndown and West Moors Older Persons Community Mental Health Team.

If you are a RMN with experience working with people suffering severe mental illness whether this be inpatient, or community based we would love to hear from you.

This post is 30 hours per week (non working day must be a Tuesday or Thursday). This post is being extended to allow for applications from newly qualified nurses, or those practitioners currently working at a Band 5 and looking to develop with support towards a Band 6 whilst working in the community.

The Service is a specialist team providing assessment, treatment and support for individuals suffering from organic and functional mental health illness. Experience of working with older adults with organic/functional mental illness in an inpatient or community setting would be an advantage.

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, self-motivated and hard-working, with a positive approach to delivering high quality care to patients and be willing to work collaboratively with carers and other professionals. You will carry a defined caseload and manage this with the support of the team leader and the wider team.

Main duties of the job

We work with a multitude of services across Ferndown and West Moors and surrounding areas to ensure the mental health needs of the older adult population is met.

We are a busy CMHT and we are looking for someone who is reliable, committed and motivated with excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to prioritise their caseload whilst balancing service demands. In return we are ready to offer you comprehensive and structured management supervision, management you can approach any time and peer support.

The post holders will work as part of an established integrated multi-disciplinary team. This team is made up of a Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Nursing staff, Support Time Recovery Workers and Business Support Team.

The primary role responsibility is to act as dedicated Care Coordinator for a caseload of patients with whom you would provide person centred, holistic care to assist in aiding their wellbeing and recovery.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.