Assistant Practitioner within the Admiral Nurse Service. | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Full-time
Junior Executive
11 months ago
Are you looking for a new exciting challenge in your career as a Healthcare Assistant/Support Worker? Do you want to make a real.....
Are you looking for a new exciting challenge in your career as a Healthcare Assistant/Support Worker? Do you want to make a real difference to help support families/carers who look after their loved ones living with dementia? Do you have a real passion and interest in dementia care?
Do you want to work within a small friendly team who support each other?
Are you looking to develop new and exciting ways of working and sharing skills across the acute and community health and social care settings?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly team, the Integrated Admiral Nurse Service as a Secondment or a 12 month Fixed Term contract to work within our Team as an Assistant Practitioner to help and support carers who look after their loved ones who have a diagnosis of dementia.
You will work alongside the Admiral Nurse Clinical Lead and three other Admiral Nurses to contribute to the support that carers and families may need in their own homes, during the hospital stay and across care transitions. You will do this through providing ongoing and compassionate support and guidance and ensuring that carers are signposted appropriately in order to help prevent carer breakdown.
This is a challenging developmental opportunity to make a significant impact on the delivery of the care of families affected by dementia across the dementia care pathway in Cornwall, working across different care settings.
This post has been developed to support the Admiral Nurse Service to provide relationship-centred dementia care to families with complex needs.
Provide a responsive, personalised information, signposting and support service to people living with a diagnosis of dementia, their carers and family in order to help them to navigate and access appropriate services in the right place at the right time.
Support the interface between mainstream general hospital services, community health and social care services and other services across the dementia pathway.
Work collaboratively with healthcare and multi-agency colleagues, supporting the work of the three Admiral Nurses and Admiral Nurse Clinical Lead across the county.
Attend conferences, dementia related events representing the Admiral Nurse Service in a professional and engaging manner.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.
You will be responsible for supporting carers who look after their loved ones, working across the social care services, including the Acute Hospital setting, Community Hospital Settings and when people live in their own homes. Supporting families affected by dementia with complex needs, supervised and supported by the service lead and/or the Admiral Nurses within the team.
You should have a strong base of clinical experience and you will need to have skills to contribute to clinical decision-making as part of the wider team. We are looking for an individual who can develop effective and collaborative working with families affected by dementia and healthcare and multi-agency colleagues.
This is a 37.5 hours per week post (5 days per week) and is a one-year fixed term post or secondment. (with current manager approval before applying).
Please apply for this post as a secondment opportunity already agreed by your current line manager.
This post will be subject to a criminal records bureau enhanced level check.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Jan 2024
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