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An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 5 Community Nurse to join the South Lakes Care Home Liaison team on a permanent basis for 37.5 hours per week.
The team are looking for a dynamic colleague who shares our passion for ensuring that individuals enjoy great care and health regardless of age and diagnosis.
We are looking for a forward thinking, caring individual who has excellent interpersonal skills and experience of working with mental health difficulties relating to the ageing process and people who have a dementia diagnosis.Experience in a care home setting is desirable.
One of the main roles of this post is to supervise, educate and support staff, manage referrals and to communicate team needs.
This person must be able to work as a member of a strong multi-disciplinary and a very progressive team.
Working within the wider Community Mental Health Team primarily as a member of the Care Home Liaison Service to provide person centred, evidenced based care to support the needs of service users who are within the care home setting to ensure that they receive the best quality care and support in line with their changing complex mental health needs.
Working closely with care home staff, OT's, nurses, doctors and the wider MDT to maintain positive health, utilising occupation, formulation, observation and education to provide care plans to support needs., focussing on dementia friendly environments ensuring people have meaningful activity.
To work as a physical health assessment nurse, undertaking ECG's, bloods and physical health observations for shared care medication monitoring.
For further details/Informal visits please contact us on the details provided
About usPlease see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 5 Community Nurse to join the South Lakes Care Home Liaison team on a permanent basis for 37.5 hours per week.
The team are looking for a dynamic colleague who shares our passion for ensuring that individuals enjoy great care and health regardless of age and diagnosis.
We are looking for a forward thinking, caring individual who has excellent interpersonal skills and experience of working with mental health difficulties relating to the ageing process and people who have a dementia diagnosis.Experience in a care home setting is desirable.
One of the main roles of this post is to supervise, educate and support staff, manage referrals and to communicate team needs.
This person must be able to work as a member of a strong multi-disciplinary and a very progressive team.
Working within the wider Community Mental Health Team primarily as a member of the Care Home Liaison Service to provide person centred, evidenced based care to support the needs of service users who are within the care home setting to ensure that they receive the best quality care and support in line with their changing complex mental health needs.
Working closely with care home staff, OT's, nurses, doctors and the wider MDT to maintain positive health, utilising occupation, formulation, observation and education to provide care plans to support needs., focussing on dementia friendly environments ensuring people have meaningful activity.
To work as a physical health assessment nurse, undertaking ECG's, bloods and physical health observations for shared care medication monitoring.
For further details/Informal visits please contact us on the details provided
About us
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
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