Band 6 Community Nurse Frailty and Dementia

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To manage and co-ordinate a caseload under the supervision of the Senior Community Nurse.

To focus on individual health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and offer support to access health services.

To promote service development and planning within mainstream services supporting them to achieve Valuing People targets and examine initiatives to reduce health inequalities.

To assess, plan, implement, evaluate and review programmes of care and ensure measurable outcomes and discharges are efficiently and effectively carried out.

Person specification

Qualifications/training

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse: Learning Disabilities or Mental Health
• Post qualification training

Desirable criteria

• ENB 998 or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post registration
• Working with Multi-disciplinary Teams
• Dealing with complex health needs
• Working with Multi-agencies

Desirable criteria

• Experience in managing frailty & dementia

Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of assessment processes
• Understanding diversity
• Level 1 & 2 health facilitation
• Understand legislation in relation to people with learning disabilities
• Ability to undertake and understand audit tools
• Knowledge of Care Programme Approach
• Good IT skills
• Good communication skills both written and verbal

personal qualities

Essential criteria

• Confident
• Assertive

Other Job Requirements

Essential criteria

• Car driver essential with full licence and access to a vehicle
• Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role
• On call participation
• Flexible working

UK Home Office Visa Sponsorship requirements

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

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