Dementia Associate Practitioner

Job summary

The Dementia Team have an opportunity for a Dementia Associate Practitioner position.We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to work alongside the Dementia Team within Hampshire Hospital Foundation Trust, both in Winchester and Basingstoke Hospital.

The individual must have previous demonstrable experience of Dementia Care within a care setting. They must have excellent communication skills and be dynamic in their approach in delivering person centred care to patients living with Dementia and supporting their family and carers .This is an exciting new opportunity for a hybrid position where you would also provide admin support for the Dementia Team and assist the Admiral Nurse Service in providing carer's support to our relatives/ loved ones of individuals living with dementia as well as providing comprehensive administrative services to the Admiral Nurses to optimise their time to enable them to fulfil the clinical element of their role.

The post holder will provide also be required to provide secretarial and administrative service to optimise the time of the designated Managers by co-ordinating all diary commitments. The post holder will be expected to have an in-depth specialist knowledge of the team/service/division and the ability to provide detailed advice and information to whoever requests it. The role will require constant awareness of the work and key priorities of the service, dealing with highly confidential and sensitive matters.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who can:

• The individual must be have previous demonstrable experience of Dementia Care within a care setting. They must have excellent communication skills and be dynamic in their approach in delivering person centred care to patients living with Dementia and supporting their family and carers.
• Provide administrative support for relevant members of staff to enable to efficient running of the Admiral Nurses including: Roster and staff support, Organisation of staff training, and audit input.
• You will have knowledge of Microsoft word, Outlook, Excel and have a professional telephone manner
• Pre-existing knowledge and experience in carers support, and Dementia related care within both community and acute hospital setting.

We hope this exciting and rewarding role catches your imagination and you are encouraged to apply and contribute to providing outstanding care for the people of Hampshire.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.