Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity within the care group to recruit to 1 full time band 3, dementia activities coordinator on a permanent basis
Dementia Specific Role
- Support staff within the clinical areas to correctly flag dementia patients to the dementia team.
- Liaising with Dementia Nurse Specialist for support with complex patients.
- Participate in audits regarding flagging and identification.
- Ensuring all dementia patients receive a dementia information pack.
- Working with relatives and careers to complete the "This is me" document.
- Supporting with audits required for information pack provision
- Highlighting patients who require capacity assessments/DOLs applications and reporting back to Dementia Nurse Specialist
- Participate in NAD/Spotlight audits to ensure improved provision of care.
- Share patient stories and data received, including commencement of a post discharge telephone survey, to be shared with patient experience groups.
- Recording all patient activity and level of approach required for each patient
- Working with the Brain charity to promote and support with services they provide.
- Support and participate dementia Nurse Specialist with maintaining compliance of NICE guidelines throughout the service.
Main duties of the job
Alongside the dementia specific responsibilities of the role other responsibilities and duties are -
Clinical Responsibilities
- Supports patients with dementia to facilitate personal hygiene and grooming where necessary to support ward staff.
- Assisting those patients with a dementia at meal times, encouraging with feeding and meal time preparation along with documenting fluid and food charts where necessary.
- Enable dementia patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances, according to the patients individual care plan.
- Supporting dementia patients with movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patient's manual handling plan.
- Chaperoning and escorting dementia patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations, where extra support is required.
- General and clinical observations of dementia patients where necessary and correctly reporting and documenting, including:
- Recording of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respiration rate
- Oxygen saturation monitoring
- blood glucose monitoring
- Documentation in patients nursing records of any care or activity involvement.
- Initiate Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and provides assistance to the registered nurse as required in prolonged resuscitation situations.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Specification for Dementia Activities Coordinator
Clinical Responsibilities
- Supports patients with dementia to facilitate personal hygiene and grooming where necessary to support ward staff.
- Assisting those patients with a dementia at meal times, encouraging with feeding and meal time preparation along with documenting fluid and food charts where necessary.
- Enable dementia patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances, according to the patients individual care plan.
- Supporting dementia patients with movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patients manual handling plan.
- Chaperoning and escorting dementia patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations, where extra support is required.
- General and clinical observations of dementia patients where necessary and correctly reporting and documenting, including:
- Recording of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respiration rate
- Oxygen saturation monitoring
- blood glucose monitoring
- Documentation in patients nursing records of any care or activity involvement.
- Initiate Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and provides assistance to the registered nurse as required in prolonged resuscitation situations.
- Contribute to the development of essence of Care and benchmarking
- Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients and carers.
General Duties
- Will act as an advocate for dementia patients, supporting effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Contributes to the support of dementia patients that may present aggressive and abusive behaviour
- Assist in maintaining a clean and safe environment in all areas.
- Safe disposal of clinical waste and sharps as per Trust policy
- Be familiar with Trust policy and procedure for reporting clinical incidents, reporting of incidents if they occur.
- Attend to the needs of visitors of patients with a dementia and patients particularly those who may be distressed or bereaved.
- Assist in obtaining demographic details and social history from dementia patients/visitors to assist in the admission process.
Dementia Specific Role
- Support staff within the clinical areas to correctly flag dementia patients to the dementia team.
- Liaising with Dementia Nurse Specialist for support with complex patients.
- Participate in audits regarding flagging and identification.
- Ensuring all dementia patients receive a dementia information pack.
- Working with relatives and careers to complete the This is me document.
- Supporting with audits required for information pack provision
- Highlighting patients who require capacity assessments/DOLs applications and reporting back to Dementia Nurse Specialist
- Participate in NAD/Spotlight audits to ensure improved provision of care.
- Share patient stories and data received, including commencement of a post discharge telephone survey, to be shared with patient experience groups.
- Recording all patient activity and level of approach required for each patient
- Working with the Brain charity to promote and support with services they provide.
- Support and participate dementia Nurse Specialist with maintaining compliance of NICE guidelines throughout the service.
- Attend Champions network and subgroup meetings.
- Support compliance with FAIR assessment
- Good communication with MDT regarding patient risk
- Supporting falls and infection control teams
- Supporting environmental audits ( PLACE )
- Supporting with education/ patients stories
- Early identification of patients who may have complex discharge needs, liaising with Dementia Nurse Specialist.
- Supporting Families/carers with emotional support and guidance. Sourcing additional dementia related information and signposting to correct services.
Distraction and reminiscence therapy
Providing Non pharmacological interventions:
- Providing bedside activities
- Arts and crafts
- Crossword and puzzles
- Sensory and motor skills
- Games
- Relaxation and massage
- Distraction
- Music
- Movies
- Doll therapy
- Reminiscence
- Bespoke reminiscence packages
- Photographs/ Memorabilia
- Promote one to one conversation, reassurance, and providing empathy and support in an acute setting
- Using RITA devices and the activities they provide while also;
- Supporting with Audits, looking at how they are used and how they support care in an acute setting.
- Education and training for the RITAs device
- Point of contact for staff, regarding the devices
- Locating the devices and assessment of the environment, ensuring the devices activity is suitable for the patients needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Specification for Dementia Activities Coordinator
Clinical Responsibilities
- Supports patients with dementia to facilitate personal hygiene and grooming where necessary to support ward staff.
- Assisting those patients with a dementia at meal times, encouraging with feeding and meal time preparation along with documenting fluid and food charts where necessary.
- Enable dementia patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances, according to the patients individual care plan.
- Supporting dementia patients with movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patients manual handling plan.
- Chaperoning and escorting dementia patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations, where extra support is required.
- General and clinical observations of dementia patients where necessary and correctly reporting and documenting, including:
- Recording of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respiration rate
- Oxygen saturation monitoring
- blood glucose monitoring
- Documentation in patients nursing records of any care or activity involvement.
- Initiate Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and provides assistance to the registered nurse as required in prolonged resuscitation situations.
- Contribute to the development of essence of Care and benchmarking
- Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients and carers.
General Duties
- Will act as an advocate for dementia patients, supporting effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Contributes to the support of dementia patients that may present aggressive and abusive behaviour
- Assist in maintaining a clean and safe environment in all areas.
- Safe disposal of clinical waste and sharps as per Trust policy
- Be familiar with Trust policy and procedure for reporting clinical incidents, reporting of incidents if they occur.
- Attend to the needs of visitors of patients with a dementia and patients particularly those who may be distressed or bereaved.
- Assist in obtaining demographic details and social history from dementia patients/visitors to assist in the admission process.
Dementia Specific Role
- Support staff within the clinical areas to correctly flag dementia patients to the dementia team.
- Liaising with Dementia Nurse Specialist for support with complex patients.
- Participate in audits regarding flagging and identification.
- Ensuring all dementia patients receive a dementia information pack.
- Working with relatives and careers to complete the This is me document.
- Supporting with audits required for information pack provision
- Highlighting patients who require capacity assessments/DOLs applications and reporting back to Dementia Nurse Specialist
- Participate in NAD/Spotlight audits to ensure improved provision of care.
- Share patient stories and data received, including commencement of a post discharge telephone survey, to be shared with patient experience groups.
- Recording all patient activity and level of approach required for each patient
- Working with the Brain charity to promote and support with services they provide.
- Support and participate dementia Nurse Specialist with maintaining compliance of NICE guidelines throughout the service.
- Attend Champions network and subgroup meetings.
- Support compliance with FAIR assessment
- Good communication with MDT regarding patient risk
- Supporting falls and infection control teams
- Supporting environmental audits ( PLACE )
- Supporting with education/ patients stories
- Early identification of patients who may have complex discharge needs, liaising with Dementia Nurse Specialist.
- Supporting Families/carers with emotional support and guidance. Sourcing additional dementia related information and signposting to correct services.
Distraction and reminiscence therapy
Providing Non pharmacological interventions:
- Providing bedside activities
- Arts and crafts
- Crossword and puzzles
- Sensory and motor skills
- Games
- Relaxation and massage
- Distraction
- Music
- Movies
- Doll therapy
- Reminiscence
- Bespoke reminiscence packages
- Photographs/ Memorabilia
- Promote one to one conversation, reassurance, and providing empathy and support in an acute setting
- Using RITA devices and the activities they provide while also;
- Supporting with Audits, looking at how they are used and how they support care in an acute setting.
- Education and training for the RITAs device
- Point of contact for staff, regarding the devices
- Locating the devices and assessment of the environment, ensuring the devices activity is suitable for the patients needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 3
Experience
Essential
- Demonstratable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2
Knowledge
Essential
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the healthcare setting
- Basic computer skills
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues and patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Demonstrates a willingness & capability to undertake NVQ level 3
Experience
Essential
- Demonstratable experience in hospital setting working at NVQ level 2
Knowledge
Essential
- Reputation for high standard of patient care
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the healthcare setting
- Basic computer skills
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues and patients
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).
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).
