Band 7 Non Medical Prescriber

An exciting opportunity is available for an Independent Nurse Prescriber to join our MSNAP Accredited Memory Assessment Service covering maternity leave.

The Memory Assessment Service East Suffolk (CMAS) is clinician led with a strong emphasis on multi-disciplinary team working to ensure that users of the service receive high quality, compassionate care throughout their memory assessment process. You will work within a full MDT which includes Nurses, OTs, support workers, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Psychologist. We are supported by a strong admin presence.

The service is proud of being dynamic, responsive, and proactive to the changing needs of the local population and its service users.

The team is currently embracing the opportunity to be part of the Older Person Transformation within the Trust working alongside our colleagues within Older Person Services across the Trust making this a fantastic time to be part of our Service Development.

The successful candidate will join a service with a positive team culture, focused on learning, developing, improving, and supporting each other as well as our service users.

General responsibilities include:

• Having a good understanding of dementia subtypes.
• Participation in research projects.
• Development of robust relationships with partner agencies and services.
• You will be expected to be able to work autonomously and manage your time well.
• You must be able to be able to travel to various locations across Suffolk

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or beautiful countryside. We re an hour and a half away from London and our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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• Registered first level Nurse

• Implementing protocols and clinical guidelines
• Experience in a clinical setting

• Awareness of accountability of own and other s roles in a nurse-led service
• Management of patients with long-term conditions

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £54,710 a year gross per annum