nurse practitioner Castle Douglas, Scotland
Job description
To work as a Band 6 Dementia Nurse Practitioner within the Older Peoples Community Mental Health and Dementia Services (South East Essex). This will be with the Dementia Intensive Support Team, which supports and assists in assessment of needs for individuals with or suspected dementia and supports appropriate care planning to prevent unnecessary hospital admission, advise hospital team members and support early discharge when the individual is admitted, and for the facilitation of hospital discharge. The post holder will work with a range of professionals and will have some link into other professional services within the South East. This includes the Single Point of Referral (SPOR), EPUT Community Services and Southend University Hospital in particular.
Areas of cover within Southend Hospital will include in-patient services alongside the A&E, AMU and DAU. Through the earlier intervention, there is expectation that the Dementia Intensive Support Team will provide effective and efficient short-term support intervention whereby hospital admissions (including re-admissions) can be lessened. The remit of the team and Dementia services is to support people and their carers in their own homes/care homes or alternative community environments during periods of acute illness and/or rehabilitation to prevent hospital admission. The staff member will be a valued member of the Dementia Services which includes the Memory Service and Community Dementia Nurses and where appropriate will assist colleagues in practice The post holder carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients with dementia (or suspected dementia) who are within their own home a care home, nursing home or present within Southend University Hospital whether as an outpatient or in-patient.
In addition, the post holder will be working in close co-operation with hospital, community services, primary health staff, social care professionals and third sector organisations. They will be responsible for helping to maintain standards of care within the Team and actively participate in the training and education of staff as required. They will be expected to work collaboratively with individuals and their carers/family delivering person centred care. In addition, they will also be responsible for ensuring that an integrated service is provided and ensure that good inter-disciplinary working is maintained.
