Job summary
- Main area
- Dementia
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 153-ME04057
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Dementia and Delirium Support Worker/Dementia Tier 2 trainer
Band 3
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Do you enjoy empowering the NHS workforce to provide excellent dementia and delirium care? Then this role is for you!
The UHD Dementia and Delirium team is seeking a Band 3 Support worker to provide dementia Tier 2 training across UHD, whilst also working clinically supporting patients living with dementia and or experiencing a delirium. The successful candidate must have significant experience in dementia care, previous teaching experience is desirable. Training will be provided to enable the successful candidate to deliver the Tier 2 training.
Dementia tier 2 is delivered Monday –Friday 8:30am – 12:30pm, following delivery of training you will then work clinically as a dementia and delirium support worker, mostly supporting therapeutic activities on the inpatient ward areas. Currently the role does not include working bank holidays or weekends, however this may change in the future.
You will require the ability to prioritise your own workload, have a flexible, proactive and resilient attitude in an ever-changing environment, alongside organisation skills and IT skills (including power point and EPR). Excellent communication skills and teamwork are essential.
Job satisfaction is abundant in this role as you are able to role model and shape the workforce to provide excellent quality dementia and delirium care
As part of the interview process you will be required to prepare a short presentation
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant Experience of working with people living with dementia and/or experiencing Delirium
- Demonstrable experience of caring for patients
- Able to describe the potential causes of delirium and recognise these
Desirable criteria
- Experience of planning activities
- Experience of managing BPSD
- Experience at Band 3 level
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education including literacy and numeracy
- Completion of the National Care Certificate
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 3 in care
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An excellent understanding of dementia and delirium
- Basic knowledge around types of interventions, activities and how to manage BPSD
- Able to recognise own level of competence and seek support where necessary
Desirable criteria
- Advanced knowledge in planning interventions
- Understanding about the deteriorating patient
- General medical knowledge
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Enthusiastic caring attitude
- Highly motivated
- Patient focused
- Flexible to the needs of the service
- Professional approach
Desirable criteria
- Problem solving and decision-making skills
- Recognises stress in self and others
Language requirement
Essential criteria
- Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Horswill
- Job title
- Dementia and Delirium Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 5335
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