Job overview

The role of Senior Nurse practitioner to work in partnership with service users and their carers in the Older People Community Mental Health Service with complex health presentations including dementia, to lead the team, to manage the day to day running of the service, to ensure that patients have personalised care plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

 The Senior Nurse practitioner will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to Older People and people with dementia and their carers to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this.

The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers.

The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures. They will prov...