Nursing Associate- Enhanced Dementia Care Service

2 weeks ago

Hounslow, Greater London, United Kingdom Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

The Hounslow Enhanced Dementia Care Service is looking to recruit qualified nursing associates for a number of new roles within the team.

We are looking for colleagues who have attained their qualification and have an interest in working with people living with Dementia


The service works with people in their own homes with the aim of preventing crisis and hospital admission through a range of approaches to enable people to live well, understand and plan for their current or future needs whilst providing input to support health and wellbeing.


You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team including Dementia Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Nursing Associates, Social Worker and Social Care Co-ordinators.

Due to the success of the service we are creating additional roles and will be working over 7 days.


We are looking for Nursing Associates with the desire to progress and develop their skills alongside a genuine interest in working with this group of service users.

As a nursing associate with the team you role may include, but is not limited to the following:

  • Working independently within the HRCH scope of practice of a nursing associate, under the leadership of registered nurses.
  • Demonstrate understanding of all elements of the nursing process, in the context of Dementia, and be able to assist the registered nurses and the wider team in the ongoing assessment, planning, management, and evaluation of care.
  • Follow plans of care prescribed by the registered nurse with individual patients and carers in their own homes.
  • Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respirations, pulse and calculate a NEWS score
  • Undertake clinical tasks including urinalysis, blood glucose monitoring, cognitive screening, wound care, review of nutrition and hydration status and continence care
  • Monitoring health and wellbeing in line with the service users care plan including anticipatory care and crisis planning
  • Carry out risk assessments relating to changes in health and wellbeing
  • Work with service users and carers to embed their care plans, provide education and work towards self management where possible
  • To enable service users to use wider support options and resources enabling them to live well
  • Administer medications in accordance with NMC code.
Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job.

It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.

In 2018, we were named 'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction' by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year.

We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.

Infection Control


As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

Please refer to the full Job Description and Personal Specification for an outline of this role.

Please contact the team if you have any questions about these roles.

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