Lead Nurse In reach and Home Treatment Team - Older Adults Crisis.
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bakewell, DE45 1GT
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
6 September 2026
6 days left
Job description
Are you a Mental Health Nurse with a passion for improving the quality of life of people living with dementia? Would you like to be part of a team tha...
You will
- Employ a wide range of skills, building on and developing their expertise in managing complex cases as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team, which includes Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Nurses, Dementia Specialist Support Workers, Psychology and a Consultant Psychiatrist.
- Be clinically responsible for supporting the delivery of a flexible, responsive local service within the community.
- Be expected to travel independently across the catchment area of the service and occasionally outside of this if required.
- Work a shift pattern facilitating the service, which operates 7 days per week.
- Undertake the Duty role; triaging referrals, allocating visits, preparing and delivering handover, ensuring colleagues are "safe and well".
- Work as part of a MDT; liaising with a multitude of different professionals and agencies.
- Complete initial assessments of patients.
- Apply knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act when required.
- Assess risk and formulating safety plans accordingly.
- Formulate person-centred care plans focusing on non-pharmacological interventions.
- In-reach to inpatient wards, attending 117 meetings.
- Visit patients in their own home and those in 24 care.
- Utilise the EPR to ensure excellent documentation of patient assessment and treatment.
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The service consists of a multi-disciplinary team working with older adults with a diagnosis of Dementia.
The service acts as an alternative to hospital, facilitating early discharges from the acute setting and preventing hospital admissions where ever possible and appropriate.
The team will work with a shared caseload; providing short term, intensive interventions.
We are looking for an experienced mental health nurse to be part of this excellent service, someone who is focused on making a positive difference to peoples lives.
There is an expectation that as a Lead Nurse, you will be able to make complex decisions, lead a shift, cover duty and formulate detailed assessments and person-centred care plans to assist in the prevention of hospital admissions where appropriate.
Personal development will be supported and encouraged through appraisal, regular supervision and access to training opportunities.
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the Trust."
"As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa's and Immigration. Please note without previous NHS Service you will commence at the bottom of the pay band which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship for this post. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk websiteSkilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Experience
Essential
- Recent and relevant, post-qualification nursing experience as RMN
Desirable
- Community experience
- Experience working with older adults
- Experience in working with people with Dementia
Qualifications
Essential
- Mentorship/SSSA trained or willing to complete training
Desirable
- Supervision trained
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of MHA/Capacity act/Legal frameworks
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
26 August 2026
Last checked
28 August 2026
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