Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

At Epsom and St Helier’s Trust, we are looking to enhance the Dementia and Delirium Service.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated, specialist nurse with a passion for dementia and delirium care to join us. You will work with colleagues to shape the nursing expertise, so that patients and service users receive excellent care in line with national guidelines. As this role has a line management function, you will need to have previous experience of leadership and service development.

You will need to have previous experience of delivering evidence-based interventions to older people, people with dementia and their carers. Excellent communication, relationship building and team work skills are all vital for this role.

The role provides an exciting opportunity to work with partners at Epsom and St Helier, St George's Hospital and across the system to deliver excellent person-centered care to people with Dementia and those experiencing Delirium.

We know that our people are key to delivering outstanding care for our patients and we are looking for the right person to help us do this. We are looking for you to develop and embed core skills and standards, apply your experience and skills to improve patient care and staff experience. You will be building on the work done by the previous post holder.

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The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist nursing assessments, evidenced based intervention, advice and support to staff caring for patients with Dementia and Delirium, to develop a dementia care pathway and support the Director of Nursing in delivering the Dementia and Delirium strategy. The job will entail working across the inpatient wards to assess patients who are at risk of delirium and offer management advice to staff and support to relatives and carers. This will be done via an outreach service.

The Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist will play an integral role in the development of innovative practice for Dementia and Delirium in the organisation and will help to promote and co-ordinate a seamless pathway of care from diagnosis through to treatment for patients with Dementia and Delirium.

The post holder is expected to facilitate the development of other nurses, in order to benefit from patient care and to be an educational resource to all members of the Trust Wide multidisciplinary teams (MDT) regarding the provision of care for patients with Dementia.

Central to this role will be a collaborative approach with the MDT providing a comprehensive patient focused service. The role will also involve a line management function and will line manage team members as agreed. 

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust offers an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynaecology to over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital.

St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E) and Maternity services (Obstetrics).

The Trust also plays an active role in the local healthcare economy. Surrey Downs Health and Care brings together our staff, CSH and the GP groups in Surrey Downs, and Surrey County Council in a partnership to improve care for local people. Also health and care teams from organisations (the London Borough of Sutton, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Sutton GP services, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and South West London & St George’s Mental Health Trust) across Sutton that provide care to Sutton’s older population are coming together to work as one team. The team will ensure people have the right support in place for them to maintain their independence and live healthily and safely at home for as long as possible.