0.4 WTE / 22.5 hpw
We are looking for an enthusiastic Community Primary Nurse to work across the Older People’s Recovery Support Team and Community Behaviour and Support Communication Service in Wandsworth. The BACSS team, part of Wandsworth Older People’s Services, collaborates closely with the Older People’s CMHT, Wandsworth Memory Assessment Service, and Wandsworth Community Behaviour and Communication Support Service (CBACSS), along with primary care, health, and voluntary sector agencies.
We conduct holistic assessments to understand behaviours as attempts to communicate unmet needs like meaningful activity, privacy, dignity, independence, social engagement, or pain relief. We liaise with residents’ next of kin to understand their personal history and important relationships. Based on our assessments, we help care home staff implement person-centred psychosocial interventions to meet these needs, aiming to reduce challenging behaviours and improve residents' quality of life.
You will be responsible for providing high-quality care coordination for clients with dementia who display challenging behaviours. Your role will involve conducting robust holistic assessments, formulating and aiding the implementation of care plans, and managing a defined caseload under the supervision of a Clinical Nurse Specialist.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-professional team and will be responsible for providing high quality care co-ordination for clients displaying behaviours that challenge people with dementia and their carers by providing robust holistic assessments and formulating and aiding implementation of care plans. The post holder will care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload under the supervision of the Clinical nurse specialist perspective to the formulation of challenging behaviours, using meaningful occupation/ activities as an intervention. The post holder will play a significant role in team discussions relating to clinical work, take part in the service duty rota and will participate in audit/ research projects associated with the work of the service when required.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Conor Dowling Job title: Team Manager Email address:
[email protected] 
