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Dementia Clinical Specialist | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 18 Gorffennaf 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £49,178 - £55,492 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 Awst 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | London, TW7 6AF |
| Cwmni: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6492901/289-EI-1592-A |
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The dementia clinical specialist will help to lead, deliver and coordinate relationship-centred dementia care to improve the experience of patients, carers and families affected by dementia with complex needs, during the acute stay and transitions of care within all operational areas of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, including Emergency departments, acute admission wards, inpatients areas and outpatients.
The post holder will provide:
• Specialist bio-psychosocial assessment and support for people with dementia and families with complex needs
• Facilitation of education and training for staff in the delivery of evidence-based dementia care
• Clinical leadership with policy development and quality improvements
• Consultancy to other health and social care professionals regarding dementia
The dementia clinical specialist will help to lead, deliver and coordinate relationship-centred dementia care to improve the experience of patients, carers and families affected by dementia with complex needs, during the acute stay and transitions of care within all operational areas of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, including Emergency departments, acute admission wards, inpatients areas and outpatients.
The post holder will provide:
• Specialist bio-psychosocial assessment and support for people with dementia and families with complex needs
• Facilitation of education and training for staff in the delivery of evidence-based dementia care
• Clinical leadership with policy development and quality improvements
• Consultancy to other health and social care professionals regarding dementia
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
Clinical
• Provide clinical leadership on evidence-based approaches to care, which meet the needs of people with dementia, carers/families and staff
• Lead on the care of people with dementia and their carers/families with complex care needs from peri diagnosis to post bereavement support
• Provide specialist assessment, for patients affected by dementia during hospital admission
• Provide a range of bio-psychosocial interventions to promote health and wellbeing for people with dementia and their carers/families
• Work collaboratively with other professionals to improve the identification and management of co morbidities and frailty for people with dementia and their carers/families
• Develop and support care plans for people with dementia including positive risk management (e.g. falls, delirium, depression, incontinence)
• Support people with dementia, carers/families and staff to understand and respond to changes in behaviour and relationships as a result of dementia
• Ensure the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and that all legal requirements relating to Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007), and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (2009) are considered and adhered to in relation to patient care
• Act as an advocate for people with dementia and their carers/families to promote their rights and best interests
• Work collaboratively with health, social and voluntary sector services to achieve coordinated and timely care
• Work in partnership with colleagues to provide support and information to families, particularly around advance care planning, best interest decisions and end of life care
• Manage care transitions and support effective discharge for people with dementia and their carers/families in order to reduce frequency of admissions and length of stay
• Ensure that care is delivered in accordance with relevant local and national guidelines and all relevant Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust policies
• Recognise the limits of own competency and professional boundaries and make appropriate and timely referrals to other services where required
• Engage with digital team to Create and maintain an electronic case management list for complex patients
• Collaboratively devise a standardised assessment process to ensure equity of care
This advert closes on Thursday 1 Aug 2024