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Main area Lead Nurse Crisis Practitioner in Older People's Mental Health. Grade NHS AfC:
Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 26.5 hours per week (weekends and Bank Holidays) Job
-OPC-7229-26-A

Site Scarsdale Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 31/08/2026 23:59

Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? 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’.

We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community.

We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

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 that goes above and beyond in delivering innovative and holistic care in order to do this?

Then the Dementia Rapid Response Team welcomes your application!

Based in Chesterfield, our service promotes a person-centred and non-pharmacological approach to support older adults living with a diagnosis of dementia, who may be experiencing or approaching a crisis in their mental health.

We cover Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire.

The aim of the service is to assist in maintaining the independence and dignity of those living with dementia, with the ultimate goal of preventing hospital admission where possible.

In addition the DRRT can support early discharge from hospital, working closely with carers and relatives to facilitate this.

The service operates a service 365 days a year, Monday-Sunday, 8am-8pm and 9am-5pm at the weekends and Bank Holidays.

The successful candidate must have a full UK driving license and be able to travel across a large geographical area.

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.

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…