The Older Peoples Community Mental Health teams are multidisciplinary teams, that take referrals for older adults needing secondary care support with the their mental health. We take referrals From Hull and across the East riding and have 5 individual teams across the patch.
Older peoples service's are 2 years into a 5 year development project to ensure we can meet the needs of a changing population, by providing evidence based, trauma informed and effective mental health care. The post will play an integral role in the design, implementation and review of our services towards ensuring excellent and sustainable care.
- Hold a professional Mental Health Nursing
- To work within the Older peoples planned services demonstrating and applying an expert level of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research.
- Work in conjunction with service manager and clinical leads / Team Leader's and be accountable for the delivery of high quality clinical services to patients.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills incorporating critical reflection in the clinical decision-making process.
- Provide advanced level consultancy and advice in relation to patient care and to support the management of complex presentations.
- To take a lead within older peoples planned care towards seamless care pathways between planned and unplanned services, ensuring collaborative approaches.
- Lead on and support with the development of clinical policies, procedures and guidelines to support the delivery of safe and effective care and interventions.
- To provide expert guidance relating to the provision of Mental Health services, including ensuring effective governance within areas of responsibility.
- To work in partnership with local and regional agencies/ Voluntary Care Sector partners to deliver the continuous improvement of Mental Health services.
- Participate in the Humber on-call manager system.
- To deputise for the Divisional Clinical Lead as appropriate.
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
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We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
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