Are you a skilled and experienced mental health practitioner looking to join a passionate and dedicated team?
Our Memory Assessment Team for Care Homes (MAT-CH) works with service users to make a positive difference to their health and wellbeing. The service supports care homes across Norfolk and Waveney, focusing on dementia diagnostic assessment, care planning, and supporting care home staff to manage service users’ needs and behaviours.
We believe that working closely with service users and their families or carers enables us to provide personalised care planning that meets individual needs.
The post holder will visit service users in care homes to assess their mental health needs. The role will be based at an identified NSFT site, with opportunities for hybrid working.
We are seeking individuals with experience of working within older people’s community mental health services, particularly in dementia assessment and management. The post holder will work closely with wider older people’s community mental health teams, sharing knowledge and expertise to support continuous learning and development.
The Memory Assessment Team for Care Homes (MAT-CH) is a nurse-led service that works closely with locality consultant colleagues to support complex assessments and interventions. You will become an integral part of a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team comprising a Nurse Consultant, Service Manager, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Community Mental Health and Learning disability Nurses, supported by an experienced administrator.
The post holder will undertake comprehensive mental health and cognitive assessments for people living in care homes who present with suspected dementia, contributing to diagnostic formulation, care planning and ongoing management. They will provide specialist advice and support to social care staff, families and carers regarding person-centred care, support planning, and the non-pharmacological management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.
The role includes medication review and management, monitoring treatment effectiveness and tolerability. The post holder will work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, care home staff, families and carers to promote positive outcomes and high-quality dementia care. The post holder will actively participate in clinical audit, reflective supervision and continuing professional development to support service improvement and maintain high standards of clinical practice. The role requires regular travel across Norfolk and Waveney; therefore, a full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us?
We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?
The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Benefits included with this role are:
- New hire bonus
- Flexible working base
- NHS pension
- A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- Career progression and excellent development opportunities
- 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
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sue Jones Job title: Clinical Nurse Specialist Email address: sue.m.jones@nsft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07943593206
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