Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Vulnerabilities team at University Hospitals Birmingham
Band 6 CNS Dementia
Full time 37.5 Monday to Friday (0800-1600) Across site working.
We are seeking an experienced Registered nurse to join the Vulnerabilities team with a passion for, and experience of providing and championing patient centred Dementia care. To work with and support people with Dementia and their families who have complex needs, providing specialist support, guidance, and practical solutions.
To support the implementation of the Trust Dementia Standards, to work collaboratively with the Clinical delivery groups and staff to meet the health needs of people with Dementia.
To support, co-ordinate and deliver education and training to staff, enabling them to better understand Dementia, its progression, behavioural changes, and communication, to ensure that care needs of people with Dementia are being met. This will include evaluation and audit of care, supporting practice development and quality improvements.
The post requires a flexible approach and requires the individual to work and travel across sites.
Contact Julia Jackson Lead Nurse Vulnerabilities 07901108164 or Sue Atkins Named Nurse Dementia 07775412574/ Natalie Marston CNS Dementia 07867187448 for further information.
Main duties of the job
In partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team you will develop, implement, and evaluate seamless Dementia specialist service, ensuring patients receive the highest standard of clinical care for Dementia.
As a nursing expert you will demonstrate a high level of expertise for Dementia, acting as a role model providing advice, education and support to staff, patients their families and carers.
You will support clinical audit activity for Dementia, be responsible for contributing / leading the ongoing development of clinical practice, standards of care within Dementia including the development of policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines.
You will be accountable for safe, effective clinical practice and working as part of a defined team and supporting team performance, ensuring efficient and effective use of physical and human resources. You will provide a range of educational and training packages for health care staff and patients
You will be required to work Trust wide/ across all sites, acting as a role model, sharing expertise across multi-disciplinary teams and work collaboratively. Therefore, you will need excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills, you will need to be able to work as part of a team or on your own. You will need to be resilient to an ever-changing workload be able to prioritize and manage the workload, and ensure a high standard of clinical care is delivered to the patients under our care
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
- Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in Dementia care
Experience
Essential
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Significant post registration experience. with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for Dementia Care
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence.
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to Dementia
- Experience and enthusiasm for teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
- Can demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding in relation to the role applied for
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Desirable
- Experience in service development
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge and competence
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- Willingness to achieve competence in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required.
- Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
- Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required / and ability to work across UHB sites or off site in NHS or NHS premises where required
- Ability to act on own initiative
- Car Driver
Desirable
- Ability to work autonomously, manage / prioritise own workload
- Can evidence participation in clinical audit / research and relate this to practice
- Evidence of clinical assessment skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
- Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6
Desirable
- Post registration qualification in Dementia care
Experience
Essential
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Significant post registration experience. with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for Dementia Care
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence.
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to Dementia
- Experience and enthusiasm for teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
- Can demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) standards for student supervision and assessment
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding in relation to the role applied for
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
Desirable
- Experience in service development
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge and competence
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- Willingness to achieve competence in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required.
- Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
- Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required / and ability to work across UHB sites or off site in NHS or NHS premises where required
- Ability to act on own initiative
- Car Driver
Desirable
- Ability to work autonomously, manage / prioritise own workload
- Can evidence participation in clinical audit / research and relate this to practice
- Evidence of clinical assessment skills
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.
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).
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.
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).
