Dementia Specialist Nurse

1 month ago

King's Lynn, United Kingdom The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT Full time

Job summary

Are you passionate about Dementia?

Do you want to make a difference to people affected by dementia and their families?

Do you have the knowledge and skills to deliver excellent person centred care?

If you are - we want to hear from you.

The Dementia Specialist Nurse will be responsible for overseeing the care provided to our patients who are living with dementia. They will provide clinical leadership and expertise in a speciality by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families and carers, and to act as a resource to the multi-professional team. They will participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patient's care pathway.

The Dementia Specialist Nurse be pivotal in review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group. Close liaison with the health care teams of inpatient wards, community services and primary care, including Consultant Physicians and GP's is required. They will demonstrate wide and in-depth experience of all aspects of the speciality, exercising clinical leadership and effective education within their sphere of practice. They will monitor and improve standards of care through clinical audit, leading the development of practice through research.

The Dementia Specialist Nurse will work closely with the Clinical Lead for Dementia to ensure the implementation of the Trusts Dementia Strategy.

Main duties of the job

Advise on the care of people with dementia and their carers/families with complex care needs whilst in the Acute setting. Support people with a diagnosis of Dementia as part of their discharge plan from the Acute setting. Provide visible clinical leadership and work in partnership with the Clinical Lead for Dementia to develop dementia services. Provide relevant dementia training and education in creative ways, to improve staff attitudes, knowledge, skills and confidence, in line with best practice and guidance. Lead on and support the audit and evaluation of quality improvements and initiatives aimed at improving the delivery of dementia care.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see job description for further details.

The post is full time working across a 7 day week.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register Appropriate Degree Postgraduate qualification relevant to the specialism or equivalent Management qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

Awareness of need to maintain health safety and security of staff and patients

Experience

Essential

Extensive post-registration experience and significant experience must be in specialism Experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment Clear understanding of the nursing role within the multi-disciplinary team and the ability to effectively represent the interests of the profession

Desirable

Evidence of advanced clinical skills relevant to the role Experience of undertaking research and ability to critique research

Skills

Essential

Demonstrable leadership skills Effective communicator Experience of change management and ability to lead/implement change Ability to interpret national directions in health care policy Credible practitioner/role model

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