Dementia Specialist

7 months ago


North Hykeham, United Kingdom Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Langworth Ward is an 18 bedded acute assessment ward for older adults experiencing complex BPSD. We are within the Older Persons and Frailty division and have been given the exciting opportunity to increase our establishment of nursing staff We are recruiting Band 6 dementia specialist team members, we want people who are passionate and excited about working with people with dementia, who strive to deliver exceptional standards of care.

The ward can be challenging, fast paced, it offers opportunities to support people at a transitional period of their life.

We have the reputation of being welcoming, delivering excellent standards of care and working with high levels of compassion. We are proud of the positive and encouraging feedback we frequently receive from staff, students, patients, and carers.

Langworth Ward acknowledges that the quality of care is pivotal to the success of the ward, this relies on quality staff, we always strive to look for ways to improve and have recently completed several QI projects which have benefitted both staff and our people on the ward.

We are committed to provide the support and training to ensure that all team members are equipped to work with people who have BPSD.

To be clinical leader of the team providing care for people with severe BPSD and mental health problems

To provide clinical services that work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust.

To work as part of an MDT team providing a user-focused, accessible and responsive acute nursing service that is safe, supportive and competent for people who experience acute mental health problems and BPSD.

To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for those who are experiencing BPSD and mental health needs, within agreed limitations.

Patterns of working will be by arrangement and may include evenings, weekends, bank holidays.

Provides management supervision to junior staff.

To take on a Champion role of a special interest of yours - this could be: physical health, wound care, therapeutic interventions, safeguarding, care planning, and with this role you have the opportunity to lead on improvements on the ward and really stretch your practice.

We understand the important of staff developing themselves personally and professionally, and we support this in a number of ways. Our Senior nurses are actively encouraged to attend development programmes and further training such as: Mary Seacole Leadership programme, Professional Nurse Advocate programme, Motivational interviewing, Cognitive Behaviour therapy training, Coaching, Leadership training, and more

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Practice

Implement evidence-based practice in the provision of treatment and care to clients.

Be accountable for own personal clinical caseload using resources as appropriate.

Select appropriate assessment tools for assessing specific client needs and risks.

Demonstrate sound clinical decision-making skills that are in the interests of the client.

Provide skilled clinical supervision to others.



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