Senior Community Mental Health Nurse - Dementia Older Person
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Senior Community Mental Health Nurse within the Dementia & Older People's Mental Health Service. You will provide assessment, treatment, and care co-ordination for people living with dementia and adults over 75 with mental health needs. The position involves managing a caseload under the Care Programme Approach and working collaboratively with various agencies and families. It is a community-based role requiring frequent travel.
Key responsibilities
- Provide assessment, treatment and care co-ordination to people living with dementia.
- Provide assessment, treatment and care co-ordination to adults over 75 living with a range of mental health needs.
- Work as a senior member of the team.
- Work closely with a wide range of both statutory and non-statutory agencies.
- Develop and deliver personalised care under the care programme approach.
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification - RMN
- Current professional registration - NMC
- Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience in a psychological therapy e.g. CBT
- Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with Dementia and a range of mental health problems and frailty associated with old age
- Excellent clinical assessment skills
- Assessment, Care Planning, Implementation of care and Review
- The use of standardised assessment in people who are frail and complex
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Community Mental Health Nurse - Dementia Older Person
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
The Dementia & Older People's Mental Health Service in Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation provides assessment and treatment to people living with dementia and adults with functional mental health difficulties and increased complexity associated with physical ill health and the physiology of ageing.
This post is for a Community Psychiatrist Nurse working with people who have a dementia illness and / or a functional mental health illness, the latter the age of 75 and over.
The post is based at Longreach House, Redruth, with the Cober DOPMH Team, visiting people at home, in care homes and supporting our community health and social care teams.
The team in which you would be based have the following disciplines: A Consultant Psychiatrist, a Team Manager, a Memory Assessment Nurse, fellow Band 6 CPN's, a Clinical Psychologist, Primary Care & Dementia Practitioner's, a Dementia Liaison Nurse, Health Care Assistants, and an Occupational Therapist.
You will be a qualified professional RMN and have experience of working with people with dementia and/or mental health disorders and be able to manage a caseload under the Care Programme Approach placing the person at the centre of care in a busy but rewarding role. The abil
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