Dementia Nurse Specialist / Dementia Specialist Practitioner
| Posting date: | 22 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7698696/432-HR1050-25 |
Summary
A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
We are offering an opportunity for a registered professional with experience and expertise in supporting people with a diagnosis of Dementia. This is a permanent part-time role (week one 22.25hrs (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) and week two 15.25hrs Wednesday & Thursday).
You will have the skills & competence to support staff across Ipswich Hospital to provide care for people who experience challenges resulting from symptoms of Dementia.
This support will involve direct interventions with patients & their carers/families and indirect support through staff training, education and consultancy. There will be an expectation for you to undertake assessments where required to inform multi-agency care planning, provide advice & sign-posting to enable people to access appropriate support at times when it is required, co-ordinate patient centred care and safety planning & liaise and collaborate with partner agencies to support good outcomes for patients with this diagnosis.
The post involves delivery of training in both formal and informal forums to support acute hospital staff in developing confidence and skills to deliver care safely & effectively.
You will support the understanding & application of appropriate legal frameworks & ensure that patients’ rights are protected when such frameworks are necessitated.
You will also provide direct line management to our dementia specialist support worker who will work closely with you to ensure continuity in the provision of this service.
• Apply specialist knowledge and expertise to support positive clinical outcomes and compassionate care for patients with dementia
• Promote best practice and evidence based approaches to caring for people with dementia
• Co-ordinate care and safety planning for people who require additional support or restrictive interventions as a result of symptoms associated with dementia and support clinical teams to follow these and respond to escalation in concerns
• Deliver training and education to staff in order to enable higher levels of confidence and competence by staff across the hospital when they work with people with this diagnosis
• Encourage, lead and participate in multi-agency working to ensure that people’s needs are met holistically and discharge planning is effective.
• Provide line management supervision to the specialist dementia support worker
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026
We are offering an opportunity for a registered professional with experience and expertise in supporting people with a diagnosis of Dementia. This is a permanent part-time role (week one 22.25hrs (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) and week two 15.25hrs Wednesday & Thursday).
You will have the skills & competence to support staff across Ipswich Hospital to provide care for people who experience challenges resulting from symptoms of Dementia.
This support will involve direct interventions with patients & their carers/families and indirect support through staff training, education and consultancy. There will be an expectation for you to undertake assessments where required to inform multi-agency care planning, provide advice & sign-posting to enable people to access appropriate support at times when it is required, co-ordinate patient centred care and safety planning & liaise and collaborate with partner agencies to support good outcomes for patients with this diagnosis.
The post involves delivery of training in both formal and informal forums to support acute hospital staff in developing confidence and skills to deliver care safely & effectively.
You will support the understanding & application of appropriate legal frameworks & ensure that patients’ rights are protected when such frameworks are necessitated.
You will also provide direct line management to our dementia specialist support worker who will work closely with you to ensure continuity in the provision of this service.
• Apply specialist knowledge and expertise to support positive clinical outcomes and compassionate care for patients with dementia
• Promote best practice and evidence based approaches to caring for people with dementia
• Co-ordinate care and safety planning for people who require additional support or restrictive interventions as a result of symptoms associated with dementia and support clinical teams to follow these and respond to escalation in concerns
• Deliver training and education to staff in order to enable higher levels of confidence and competence by staff across the hospital when they work with people with this diagnosis
• Encourage, lead and participate in multi-agency working to ensure that people’s needs are met holistically and discharge planning is effective.
• Provide line management supervision to the specialist dementia support worker
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here -www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026