Older Adult Intensive Home Treatment Nurse

We currently have a permanent vacancy for a full time experienced band 6 nurse to work in the Older Peoples Mental Health Intensive Home Treatment Team in Oldham.
Older Peoples Services are changing to meet the needs of people experiencing serious mental health problems in the community who are over 65 years of age and those people under 65 who or diagnosed with early onset dementia,, their partners, carers and families.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, driven nurse who can work autonomously in the community, complete full mental health assessments, manage risk in the community, while also being an integral part of our multidisciplinary team.
We are a small dedicated team of nurses, and support workers who work closely with our Consultant Psychiatrist, our colleagues in the community mental health team, care home liaison team, memory assessment team and our day hospital, Orchard House., This role will involve nursing people with moderate to severe mental health problems at home as an alternative to admission to an acute hospital bed. In addition, this post will involve Gatekeeping admissions to inpatient services, as well as facilitating early discharge / leave pathways to support discharge from inpatient services., Completing full mental health assessments, risk assessments and care plans.
Supporting students and TNA's
Assessing physical health and screening
Utilising Trust approved assessment tools.
Discussing plans with team and consultant psychiatrist.
Administering and monitoring medication in the community.
Preventing unnecessary admission to wards by providing intensive support at home.
Gatekeeping.
Attending ward rounds discharge planning meetings.
Safeguarding.
Providing education and support to patients and families in the community.
Working closely with the wider service, social care and other agencies.
Recording all activity on the PARIS system.
Liaising with GP's in the community.
Liaising with pharmacy, collecting and delivering medication.
Directing the work of the support workers in the team.
Engaging in weekly zoning meetings with team and managers.
A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.
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An enhanced DBS check costs £38 and a standard check costs £18 (plus an administration charge of £3.50). If you are a substantive member of staff, the full amount will be taken from your first month's salary.
If you are a member of staff on our bank, you will need to repay the full amount from your first salary.
We encourage you to register with the DBS update service at an annual cost of £13 (this is mandatory for bank staff).
Other important information
+ We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
+ Priority will be given to applications from existing NHS employees who have an at risk status
+ This post is on our terms and conditions (T&Cs). If you are an existing employee currently on transferred terms and conditions (i.e. you transferred from another employer and retained their T&Cs) and you are voluntarily applying for this post; if you are successful, you will be employed on our T&Cs
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+ We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received
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The successful applicant will have sound knowledge and experience in risk assessment, formulation and management. Experience of working with individuals who present to mental health services in crisis and have symptoms of mental health illness. A knowledge and understanding of Mental Health Act '83 and the Mental Capacity Act are essential to this role. The successful candidate will receive regular supervision, an annual appraisal and excellent professional development opportunities within a supportive and friendly environment.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people's potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
3. Access to Continued Professional Development
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values, This is an exciting opportunity to join a small dedicated team of band 6 nurses and support workers who provide nursing care and treatment to patients living in the community.
We are fortunate to have our own offices in Forest house, we are also based with some of the other older peoples mental health service teams.
You will be given lots of support and opportunity to develop within the service.
This post will initially be based in Oldham but due to service changes will be moved to Middleton - no date as yet