Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health for Older Adults
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term 12 Months Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-CEN7532943
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Sophie Centre (Norwich) and Gateway House (Wymondham)
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 gross per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Mental Health Nurse - Memory Assessment Team
Band 6
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Job overview
Memory Assessment and Treatment in Norwich and North Norfolk.
Working with people who have experienced changes in cognition and memory and may be developing dementia. The team provides a comprehensive memory assessment and treatment service and works with a variety of other services to connect people diagnosed with dementia to the support they need.
You will be based with the Central Locality Memory Assessment Team and assess people with cognitive and memory changes and have a risk of developing dementia. The team provides accurate diagnoses and formulates holistic, person-centred care and treatment. Much of the work you undertake will be in a clinic setting at the Sophie Centre, Julian Hospital, Norwich.
Our Team is on a developmental pathway; aiming to become accredited with the Memory Services National Accreditation Programme. We are committed to developing and improving the service. We value research and have received a Trust Excellence Award for our engagement in research.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess people with changes to memory and cognition and work towards a clinical diagnosis and appropriate treatment and care plan. They will have support from an experienced team that includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Senior Nurses and an Occupational Therapist.
NSFT's Community Services for Older People were rated Good in the most recent CQC inspection report and we are proud of our positive and caring approach to the patients and carers we are working with.
As a team we focus on Continuing Professional Development and have a drive for further developing our clinical knowledge and skills. The team have established links with Primary Care and other agencies, which enhance our work and ensure we are able to help and support our patients.
The team operate 9-5 hrs between Monday to Friday.
Working for our organisation
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multiagency environment.
- Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development.
- Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant students.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with the relevant professional registration
- Practice Supervisor / Practice Assessor training (in line with NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment 2018)
Desirable criteria
- Evidence at social care / health related study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Familiar with risk assessment and its management
Desirable criteria
- Previous community experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
- Satisfactory verbal and written English language skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of Person Centred Care
- Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of mental health needs for older people.
- Knowledge of national policy influencing older persons’ health care
Other
Essential criteria
- Be able and willing to undertake further training / development specific to the role
- Able to travel independently
Desirable criteria
- Ability to transport patients as appropriate.
- Able to liaise with statutory / non- statutory bodies due to patients’ needs.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Hannant
- Job title
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 978344
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