Job summary
Dementia Nurse Job
Description
Dementia or memory service nurses: work in partnership with the
Practice and memory services to ensure that our patients have a timely
diagnosis delivered compassionately and taking into account their personal
needs and circumstances. Ensuring that our patients physical health and care
needs are identified and met. Supporting patients with dementia, their
families, carers and our care homes.
Job summary
Alconbury & Brampton Surgeries are looking to recruit a
registered nurse (RN, RNMH, RNLD) with a passion for, and experience of,
providing relationship-centred dementia care with a strong sense of advocacy
and equality for our patients.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
As our Dementia Nurse you will provide specialist one-to-one support, guidance, and practical solutions for families, alongside supporting best practice and education for our GPs and wider Practice Team.
Working with our lead GP to establish the clinical caseload of patients eligible for additional support, alongside setting-up, developing and evaluating the service.You will also influence and support the delivery of work streams that improve the experience of care for people living with dementia, and their families from pre-diagnosis to post-bereavement.
The successful applicant will be a NMC registered nurse, with significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and supporting their carers/supporters in different settings, including the primary care setting, along with formal knowledge of dementia acquired through clinical post-graduate training/education.
About us
You will be employed by Alconbury and Brampton Surgeries. You will work under the direct management of our GP Older Peoples Mental Health Lead.
To find out more about the role of an Admiral Nurse, candidates are encouraged to complete Dementia UK's free online:Pre Admiral Nurse eLearning course. This could be in advance of the interviews or upon an offer of employment being made.
About us
We are a 2 Surgery GP Practice with an older demographic and a new 70 bed care home with a residential care home with a Dementia floor assigned within.
We have 14000 registered patients. Our Practice clinical team consists of 5 GP Partners, 7 Salaried GPs, 2 Paramedics, 6 Nurses, 3 HCAs and a phlebotomist.
One of our GP Partners is the older Peoples mental Health Lead for the ICB and we have an HCA who is also developing an interest in caring for patients with Dementia. We work closely with the Alzheimers Society with regular support sessions for patients and carers. Brampton itself is accredited as a Dementia friendly village.
This post is intended to give us the opportunity to explore the extend of undiagnosed dementia within our Practice population and provide additional support to the team in caring for and supporting these patients and their families.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working closely with our GP lead to conduct dementia assessments for patients and liaise with the Surgery and other organisations to ensure patients and their families have maximum support.
Work with local care homes to support their team in caring for patients living with Dementia and help identify those who may be doing so without diagnosis.
Work with our Surgery team to educate, develop and share best Practice to benefit our patients living with Dementia.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working closely with our GP lead to conduct dementia assessments for patients and liaise with the Surgery and other organisations to ensure patients and their families have maximum support.
Work with local care homes to support their team in caring for patients living with Dementia and help identify those who may be doing so without diagnosis.
Work with our Surgery team to educate, develop and share best Practice to benefit our patients living with Dementia.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Qualifications
- Essential
- Registered Nurse (RMN/RNMH/RGN/RNLD)
- Post registration qualification / training in dementia
- Post-graduate training/ education in dementia/older people
- Desirable
- Additional nursing qualification
- Masters level qualification in dementia / older people's care
- Experience
- Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and their carers/supporters in different settings, including community/primary care
- Experience of completing holistic nursing assessments
- Experience of providing bio-psychosocial interventions
- Experience of recent involvement in practice/ service development
- Experience of facilitating and delivering training
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Experience of managing care across care transitions
- Ability to lead and manage services
- Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
- Desirable
- Experience of working with patients/ clients to develop practice
- Experience of older persons medicine and palliative care
- Experience of working within or alongside Primary care teams
- Experience of supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
- Skills Abilities and Knowledge
- Essential
- Collaborative and multi-agency working
- Act as a decision maker and advocate
- Good organisational skills
- Good facilitation and presentation skills
- Ability to use Information Technology to improve the delivery of care
- Ability to collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data for service evaluation and development
- Application of sources of research and research methods to evaluate and enhance practice
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ability to write/present for a range of audiences
- Knowledge of relevant policies/national strategy e.g. MCA/DoLS/ACP/NICE guideline/Care Act
- Other Attributes
- Essential
- Enhanced communication skills
- Flexibility and creativity
- Ability to operate effectively with a constantly developing relationship with key stakeholders and associated agencies
- Ability to work in groups/one to one
- Ability to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy
- Ability to treat families affected by dementia with respect and dignity, adopting a culturally sensitive approach that considers the needs of the whole person
- Positive mental attitude and a willingness to discuss and negotiate issues and ideas with the appropriate team / individual
- Ability to learn through practice
- Demonstrates a commitment to quality of care
- Demonstrates integrity, compassion and a caring nature
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Qualifications
- Essential
- Registered Nurse (RMN/RNMH/RGN/RNLD)
- Post registration qualification / training in dementia
- Post-graduate training/ education in dementia/older people
- Desirable
- Additional nursing qualification
- Masters level qualification in dementia / older people's care
- Experience
- Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and their carers/supporters in different settings, including community/primary care
- Experience of completing holistic nursing assessments
- Experience of providing bio-psychosocial interventions
- Experience of recent involvement in practice/ service development
- Experience of facilitating and delivering training
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Experience of managing care across care transitions
- Ability to lead and manage services
- Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
- Desirable
- Experience of working with patients/ clients to develop practice
- Experience of older persons medicine and palliative care
- Experience of working within or alongside Primary care teams
- Experience of supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
- Skills Abilities and Knowledge
- Essential
- Collaborative and multi-agency working
- Act as a decision maker and advocate
- Good organisational skills
- Good facilitation and presentation skills
- Ability to use Information Technology to improve the delivery of care
- Ability to collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data for service evaluation and development
- Application of sources of research and research methods to evaluate and enhance practice
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ability to write/present for a range of audiences
- Knowledge of relevant policies/national strategy e.g. MCA/DoLS/ACP/NICE guideline/Care Act
- Other Attributes
- Essential
- Enhanced communication skills
- Flexibility and creativity
- Ability to operate effectively with a constantly developing relationship with key stakeholders and associated agencies
- Ability to work in groups/one to one
- Ability to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy
- Ability to treat families affected by dementia with respect and dignity, adopting a culturally sensitive approach that considers the needs of the whole person
- Positive mental attitude and a willingness to discuss and negotiate issues and ideas with the appropriate team / individual
- Ability to learn through practice
- Demonstrates a commitment to quality of care
- Demonstrates integrity, compassion and a caring nature
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
