Specialist Dementia Healthcare Support Worker

4 weeks ago


Torquay, United Kingdom Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Cheetham Hill Ward are recruiting a Specialist Dementia Healthcare Support Worker on a permanent full time contract.

You will work as part of the MDT ensuring the delivery of excellent clinical care within the HOP/stroke unit environments, taking a lead role in the assessment and care of patients demonstrating challenging behaviours.

A s a Specialist Dementia Healthcare Support Worker you will take a guiding role in ensuring the completion of ‘This is Me’ documents and appropriate risk assessments, to gain vital collateral information regarding this group of patients.

You will, in conjunction with the Safeguarding and MH Leads within the ISU, form part of an education team, delivering staff educational programmes to improve knowledge and skills across the HOP/Stroke clinical areas.
- The Specialised HCA will work within the sphere of the nursing team to provide a high quality of nursing care across the full spectrum of nursing, in particular those patients displaying challenging behaviours. Working under the leadership of the Registered Nurse coordinating ward, and Ward Manager.
- You will work as part of the team, delivering health and social care that focuses on the holistic needs of the service users.
- They will carry out specific clinical tasks and responsibilities as delegated by registered practitioners. This will include completion of supportive observation risk assessments, This Is Me documents and provision of individualised meaningful occupation for patients.
- The post holder will be part of an MDT, working with and supporting all members of that team both within and external to the directorate.
- Supervision and teaching of junior staff, and supporting others to use risk assessments, behaviour charts and gather information on the patients will be part of the role.
- Key objectives and responsibilities will be identified and agreed at interview and yearly appraisal.

These additional responsibilities may change on an annual basis and work towards increasing the clinical competencies of the individual

The Specialist Dementia Healthcare Support Worker will work as part of a developing and dynamic team of nurses, plus the wider MDT, to improve patient experience and progress the care of a wide range of medical patients. You will receive support from the ward team, and the Trust Dementia education lead, and training to support your role will be provided

Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.



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