Clinical Specialist Nurse
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £42,471.00 to £50,364.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £42471.00 - £50364.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW5 2TX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9455-24-0149 |
Summary
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.