Older Adult Practitioner – Living Well

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you a passionate Nurse or Occupational Therapist looking to make a real difference? There’s never been a better time to join us here at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust!

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for internal staff to join Our Erewash Older Adult Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and Living Well Team in Ilkeston and excited to welcome a Band 6 Older Adult Specialist to our supportive and welcoming team.

Main duties of the job

About the Role

We’re looking for someone with experience working with older adults in the community who are living with functional mental health conditions. This brand-new role, based within the Older Adults CMHT, offers an exciting opportunity to shape meaningful support for individuals in our local area. You’ll be playing a key part in introducing people into the Living Well Team, helping to identify their needs and designing person-centred, compassionate support that empowers them to live their best life. Collaboration is at the heart of this role. You’ll be working alongside colleagues across the community to ensure that the right support is delivered at the right time by the right person.

About the Teams

While the role is supported by the Older Adults CMHT, you’ll also be working closely with the Living Well Team, a multi-agency group that places individuals right at the centre of their care. One of the most rewarding parts of this role is being part of a team that reaches out to people who may not have had access to mental health support before. If you’re someone who cares deeply about helping others and wants to work in a team that values compassion, collaboration, and community, we’d love to hear from you!

The successful candidate will need to have the ability to travel across the geographical area.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant qualification for the post (Diploma in Nursing/Degree in Mental Health Nursing) Degree in Occupational Therapy

Desirable

  • Assessor qualification
  • Undertaken further training relevant to the role

Experience

Essential

  • Post qualification experience in the relevant field / Compteted preceptorship or equivilent
  • Applicant has experience in working with Older people with functional mental health diagnoses
  • Experience of community working
  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
  • Good verbal/ non verbal communication skills
  • Good IT skills
  • Able to work independently, as well as part of a team

Desirable

  • Experience of linking with partner agencies
  • Understanding of the living well programme
  • Good time management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 9 August 2026

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