Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Nurse Specialist (Dementia)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
- Job ref
- 455-CANDI-849-B
- Employer
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Peckwater Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 p.a incl of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 08:00
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
We have 3 key priorities which are:
- Early and Effective Intervention
- Helping People to Live Well
- Research and Innovation
The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
- We value each other
- We are empowered
- We keep things simple
- We are connected
By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.
As an applicant for this role, you are urged to demonstrate within your supporting statement a combination of evidence that reflects your competence to meet the job specification and provide examples of how C&I values are an integral part of the way you have and will continue to deliver service.
Job overview
We are the Camden Memory Service, a high-quality, successful Memory Service provided by the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, who are passionate about supporting older adults living with dementia from diagnosis to end of life.
We are looking for an experienced nurse who shares our passion to strive towards excellence in dementia care, with a keen interest in service development and quality improvement and who encourages a workplace based on our Trust’s culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.
We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities:
- Early and effective intervention – we offer a range of evidence-based interventions for those living with dementia and their care givers from diagnosis to end of life
- Helping people to live well – we use a holistic care planning approach to ensure people can live well with dementia
- Research and innovation – we promote opportunities for research with our patients and carers
- Keeping our service users, carers and staff safe – we have several QI projects in the service to develop safe and effective ways of working
Do you share these values? If so, read on…
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Specialist Nurse you will provide nursing leadership, in particular supervising non qualified staff to support a large caseload of people living with Dementia and their care givers.
You will work alongside other lead practitioners to support staff and team development across Camden SAMH teams. You will support team members in the Memory Service through our own integrated MDT and in collaboration with external partners. You will hold your own caseload of older adults with Dementia who require complex mental, physical and social care interventions.
We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work independently. The role involves visiting patients at home and you therefore must be able to get around Camden using Public Transport and/or walking/cycling.
You’ll be able to demonstrate significant experience in working with older people and/or dementia care, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and clear leadership skills. Being computer literate is a must and you have to be able to use Word, Excel and other relevant IT systems.
You will also be responsible for supervising other members of the team
Working for our organisation
At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
We have 3 key priorities which are:
- Early and Effective Intervention,
- Helping People to Live Well
- Research and Innovation
The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
- We value each other
- We are empowered
- We keep things simple
- We are connected
By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.
If you have the right values for the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement projects and to become champion/lead in specific area relevant to the role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be a Clinical Specialist Nurse within the Camden Memory Service for the Services for Ageing & Mental Health (SAMH).
Many service users also require support with the management of comorbid long-term conditions. The post holder will carry a caseload of complex service users in the service, in addition to providing nursing supervision and consultation to non qualified practitioners and other professionals. As such, the post holder will be required to have significant clinical skill and knowledge underpinned by experience, and specialist training / academic study.
The post holder will be required to be knowledgeable of current national policy and best practice guidelines in caring for older people diagnosed with dementia and will work closely with team managers ensure care is delivered in accordance with these.
The post holder will formulate and support others to formulate profession specific, highly specialist care and treatment plans that utilise health and social care resources to support the needs of service users with functional illness and frailty, dementia diagnoses, and co-morbid long-term conditions.
This job description is written as an indication of the nature and scope of duties and responsibilities. Additional competencies may be required to fulfil the needs of specific areas and client groups. It is not intended as a fully descriptive list and does not include specific skills or therapeutic interventions that may be required of the specialist service area. The post holder will be expected to carry out other duties assigned by the Service Manager, which are appropriate to the grade.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Health Professional - Nursing (all registrations), OT, Social Work
- Evidence of further post-registration relevant training /ongoing academic study relevant to area of practice
- Other advanced relevant training i.e. Dementia Care/Advanced Care Planning etc
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Level 2 Safeguarding Adults and Children
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working in a specialist capacity for people with dementia in a community setting
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the Mental Capacity Act legislation, its application and use in practice with people with dementia
- Demonstrate practical experience of supervision within a clinical context
- Demonstrate an understanding of risk together with an ability to evaluate and contain risk with reference to the individual, staff and carers
- Evidence of participation in service development/Quality Improvement project
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skill
- Able to work autonomously and to deputise for senior staff in a variety of roles when required to do so.
- Ability to maintain boundaries and form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers
- Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data, generating and responding to emails, conducting web searches, storing data and retrieving data, producing reports etc
- Highly motivated and committed to improving quality and services for people affected by dementia
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Bethany Campbell
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 317 6580
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