Specialist Nurse

Job Overview

The Hull & East Riding Memory Assessment Service provides Dementia Diagnosis and treatment to those living in Hull & East Riding. You would be working with a dynamic, multi-disciplinary and multi agency team to deliver the diagnosis and treatment pathway to patients and their supporters.

There would be the expectation that the successful candidate would be an Independent Prescriber or willing to obtain this qualification.

The service is busy and provides assessment and treatment across various venues. Experience of working with those with Dementia is a must as is a passion for providing quality assessment and treatment.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role are: triage of referrals, assessment, formulation, delivery of diagnosis, provision of treatment interventions, forward care planning, responding to the changing needs of patients and their carers, forming good working relationships with partner services and the larger Older Peoples Mental Health Service. The safety of patients and their supporters is paramount as is the need for instilling hope in those diagnosed. Delivering education to promote the wellbeing of those living with Dementia and their supporters is also a part of the role.

This is also a supervisory role with responsibility for the clinical supervision of team members.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Person specification

Quallifications & Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• current NMC registration
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Independent Prescriber Qualification
  
  

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Dementia related qualification or current study towards
  
  

Essential Criteria

• Study at Diploma/Degree level
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Has delivered diagnosis of Dementia
  
  

Essential Criteria

• Has undertaken cognitive assessment
  
  

Essential Criteria

• Has experience of provision of clinical supervision
  
  

Skills & Competancies

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with 3rd sector colleagues
  
  

Skills & Competancies

Essential criteria

• Ability to recognise the signs and symptoms of physical and mental health issues that may affect cognition
  
  

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.