Job summary
- Main area
- Community Dementia nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 327-24-795-A
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colliers Court
- Town
- Cinderford
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Community Dementia Nurse/Practitioner
Band 6
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
To Work as part of Managing Memory Together to support service users with dementia in primary care – ensuring appropriate levels of support, advice and therapeutic interventions are delivered in a coordinated manner for people with dementia in the allocated area
Main duties of the job
To work to a defined cluster of GP Practices whilst remaining flexible to work across other GP Practice clusters as required.
To act as the lead professional for people with dementia allocated to your own caseload and support other lead professionals within other services.
To work collaboratively with other services to advise and ensure proactive support to people with dementia in the required area.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Manage an allocated caseload of people with dementia living at home, whose level of support require care co-ordination and are not more appropriately served by another specialist service.
Develop, monitor and review support plans proactively to meet service user needs in partnership with the service user, carer, and primary care team. Develop, monitor and review contingency and advanced care plans
Person specification
Shortlisting criteria
Essential criteria
- NMC, Register First Level Nurse, HCPC registration
- Experience of applying psychosocial interventions with people with dementia
- Experience of team working in a Community.
- Working knowledge of the complex needs of older people with dementia
Desirable criteria
- Awareness and understanding of contemporary development in mental health care particularly dementia
- Sound evidence based knowledge of the management of people with dementia and mental health needs
- Be able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team
Shortlisting criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of NMC registration first level nurse
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post registration learning
Shortlisting criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Evidence of formal post registration learning
Desirable criteria
- Experience of management and leadership
- Experience of facilitating groups
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Peter Fitzpatrick
- Job title
- Team Manager/Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0800 694 8800
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