Job summary
- Are you a proactive registered nurse with a passion in Dementia Care and a desire to support patients and their families through a crisis to improve their health and wellbeing?
- Do you have an ambition to provide training and education in dementia care to improve skills and knowledge across a variety of disciplines?
If you answered yes, we've got the perfect role for you.
We are looking for a registered professional who is passionate about dementia care and would like to make a difference.
The dementia crisis team are a home treatment service for dementia patients in crisis in Medway, the service is intended to enable people to remain in their own homes and to reduce unnecessary admission into Medway Maritime Hospital and we support discharges from hospital back to the community and to care homes.
The team work with patients with physical health problems or changes in behaviour that surface as a result of other health problems or as advanced stages of their dementia.
Main duties of the job
- To work as a member of the Dementia Crisis Support Service, supported by senior staff to provide specialist primary healthcare and mental healthcare nursing assessments, programmes of care and skilled dementia care and advice to patients, carers and staff
- To carry out nursing procedures as deemed appropriate by senior, experienced members of the multidisciplinary team
- To maintain timely and accurate clinical records
- To provide clinical supervision and support to other staff members and students as deemed appropriate
- Assist in the ongoing development and evaluation of the service
About us
So what else?
- This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
- We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
- We'll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
- You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The small print
- Informal visits can be arranged on request.
- We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
- MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Communication and relationship skills
- Ability to provide and receive complex and sensitive information relating to Dementia and other medical conditions.
- Ability to effectively communicate with staff, patients and their families, carers, managers and staff from other services and agencies, members of the public, private and voluntarysectors
- Ability to effectively communicate in order to provide sound professional advice, counselling, motivation and support
- Ability to recognise barriers to understanding and methods to overcome
2. Knowledge, training and experience
- Registered Mental Health nurse or Registered General nurse
- Community nursing experience
- Ability to make decisions and to accept personal accountability
- Able to work as part of a multi-professional team with knowledge and understanding of the roles of other members
- Understanding of recent issues and developments which may have an impact on the delivery of health services for people who have dementi
3. Analytical and judgement skills
- Able to analyse facts and options to enable professional judgements/assessments to be made. This may include decisions relating to ensure effective and person centred care
- Proactive management of risks
4. Planning and organisational skills
- Able to assess, plan, implement and review patient care, ensuring an individual and holistic approach is achieved and that agreed standards are maintained at all times
- Able to prioritise and respond appropriately to patient referrals
- Able to effectively manage own caseload and take responsibility for own day to day workload planning, including allocation and delegation of work to other team members
- Support the senior clinicians in the management of the caseload and smooth running of the team
- Ability to adapt and be flexible in responding to changing needs and demands of the service
- Ability to supervise and mentor students as appropriate
- Ability to attend case conferences as appropriate to discuss patient care
5. Physical skills
- Provide skilled health nursing care to patients which may include physical care, and medication guidance/management following professional standards
- To be skilled in manoeuvring and handling service users in their home or place of residents, including the use of a wheelchair or hoist
- Keyboard skills
- Ability to drive or be independently mobile due to the need to travel between varied locations during the working day.
6. Responsibility for patient / client care
- Undertake the nursing care of patients as appropriate ensuring individual nursing needs are met through the use of evidence based practice
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care in consultation with senior clinicians
- Continually reassess patient progress, adapting plans of care accordingly, and develop discharge plans
- Play an active role in weekly MDT meeting
Full JD can be found in the attachments
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Communication and relationship skills
- Ability to provide and receive complex and sensitive information relating to Dementia and other medical conditions.
- Ability to effectively communicate with staff, patients and their families, carers, managers and staff from other services and agencies, members of the public, private and voluntarysectors
- Ability to effectively communicate in order to provide sound professional advice, counselling, motivation and support
- Ability to recognise barriers to understanding and methods to overcome
2. Knowledge, training and experience
- Registered Mental Health nurse or Registered General nurse
- Community nursing experience
- Ability to make decisions and to accept personal accountability
- Able to work as part of a multi-professional team with knowledge and understanding of the roles of other members
- Understanding of recent issues and developments which may have an impact on the delivery of health services for people who have dementi
3. Analytical and judgement skills
- Able to analyse facts and options to enable professional judgements/assessments to be made. This may include decisions relating to ensure effective and person centred care
- Proactive management of risks
4. Planning and organisational skills
- Able to assess, plan, implement and review patient care, ensuring an individual and holistic approach is achieved and that agreed standards are maintained at all times
- Able to prioritise and respond appropriately to patient referrals
- Able to effectively manage own caseload and take responsibility for own day to day workload planning, including allocation and delegation of work to other team members
- Support the senior clinicians in the management of the caseload and smooth running of the team
- Ability to adapt and be flexible in responding to changing needs and demands of the service
- Ability to supervise and mentor students as appropriate
- Ability to attend case conferences as appropriate to discuss patient care
5. Physical skills
- Provide skilled health nursing care to patients which may include physical care, and medication guidance/management following professional standards
- To be skilled in manoeuvring and handling service users in their home or place of residents, including the use of a wheelchair or hoist
- Keyboard skills
- Ability to drive or be independently mobile due to the need to travel between varied locations during the working day.
6. Responsibility for patient / client care
- Undertake the nursing care of patients as appropriate ensuring individual nursing needs are met through the use of evidence based practice
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care in consultation with senior clinicians
- Continually reassess patient progress, adapting plans of care accordingly, and develop discharge plans
- Play an active role in weekly MDT meeting
Full JD can be found in the attachments
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered mental health nurse/registered general nurse Evidence of ongoing professional devlopment
Desirable
- Advanced education in Dementia care Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Proven and relevant nursing experience working with people with dementia Community nursing and/or rehabilitation/intermediate care service experience Experience and demonstrable skills in effective multidisciplinary teamwork
Desirable
- worked in a Dementia setting for 1 year or more
Special knowledge / expertise
Essential
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of national policy drivers and quality standards relating to dementia
Desirable
- Previouse training course in Dementia , Safeguarding
MCH Values
Essential
- Caring and compassionate, delivering quality and value and working in partnership
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered mental health nurse/registered general nurse Evidence of ongoing professional devlopment
Desirable
- Advanced education in Dementia care Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Proven and relevant nursing experience working with people with dementia Community nursing and/or rehabilitation/intermediate care service experience Experience and demonstrable skills in effective multidisciplinary teamwork
Desirable
- worked in a Dementia setting for 1 year or more
Special knowledge / expertise
Essential
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of national policy drivers and quality standards relating to dementia
Desirable
- Previouse training course in Dementia , Safeguarding
MCH Values
Essential
- Caring and compassionate, delivering quality and value and working in partnership
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
