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Community Mental Health Nurse
Band 6 - 1.0wte Permanent
Edinburgh Behaviour Support Service (EBSS)
EBSS is a psychology-led specialist service providing formulation driven interventions for individuals with dementia presenting with distressed behaviour referred to the service and resident in Edinburgh City Care Homes, in addition to providing training to care homes in responding to distressed behaviour. You will join a team that includes a Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Psychologist and existing Band 6 Nursing staff as part of the EBSS clinical team based at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. This vacancy has arisen due to the retirement of a longstanding and valued team member and represents an excellent development opportunity for the right individual.
The post holder will have a clinical caseload and will provide clinical assessment, formulation and intervention on direct case work. EBSS provide training to care home staff within the NES Responses to Stress & Distress in Dementia and Essentials In Psychological Care – Dementia training programmes and the post holder will be expected to deliver training across this programme and will be supported to do so. EBSS have allocated administrative support.
We are looking for an individual with specific interest in working with individuals with advanced dementia and their caregivers who can demonstrate the ability to work effectively as part of a team and provide excellent care and intervention outcomes. This post offers excellent opportunities for multi-disciplinary working across care systems and settings, development of psychologically informed assessment and intervention skills, experience of training delivery and service audit, research and evaluation.
Previous attendance at NES Psychological Responses to Stress and Distress 2 day enhanced/expertise level training and experience in the delivery of training is desirable although full training, supervision from psychology and support will be given to individuals with potential to develop and who meet other essential and desirable criteria, as evidenced in both their written application and interview.
You must hold required NMC registration. A driving license is essential. EBSS nurses have agreed professional nursing management arrangements with operational management and clinical case supervision provided by the Clinical Psychology Leads on a day-to-day basis.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for additional detail. However, should you wish to discuss the post in more detail, please contact Dr Tom Weavers, Clinical Psychologist & EBSS Clinical Lead (0131 537 6044 Tues-Fri) in the first instance.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.