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    Specialist Nurse - London, United Kingdom - Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust

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    We are the Camden Memory Service, a high-quality, successful Memory Service provided by the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, who are passionate about supporting older adults living with dementia from diagnosis to end of life.


    We are looking for an experienced nurse who shares our passion to strive towards excellence in dementia care, with a keen interest in service development and quality improvement and who encourages a workplace based on our Trust's culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.

    We're keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities:

    Early and effective intervention - we offer a range of evidence-based interventions for those living with dementia and their care givers from diagnosis to end of life
    Helping people to live well - we use a holistic care planning approach to ensure people can live well with dementia
    Keeping our service users, carers and staff safe - we have several QI projects in the service to develop safe and effective ways of working

    As a Clinical Specialist Nurse you will provide nursing leadership, in particular supervising non qualified staff to support a large caseload of people living with Dementia and their care givers.


    You will hold your own caseload of older adults with Dementia who require complex mental, physical and social care interventions.

    We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this.

    You'll be able to demonstrate significant experience in working with older people and/or dementia care, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and clear leadership skills.

    Being computer literate is a must and you have to be able to use Word, Excel and other relevant IT systems.


    At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.

    Early and Effective Intervention,
    Helping People to Live Well
    Research and Innovation

    The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:


    By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.


    If you have the right values for the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development.

    The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement projects and to become champion/lead in specific area relevant to the role.

    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.

    Registered Health Professional - Nursing (all registrations), OT, Social Work
    Evidence of further post-registration relevant training /ongoing academic study relevant to area of practice
    Other advanced relevant training i.e. Dementia Care/Advanced Care Planning etc

    Evidence of Level 2 Safeguarding Adults and Children

    Extensive experience of working in a specialist capacity for people with dementia in a community setting
    Demonstrate a clear understanding of the Mental Capacity Act legislation, its application and use in practice with people with dementia
    Demonstrate an understanding of risk together with an ability to evaluate and contain risk with reference to the individual, staff and carers
    Evidence of participation in service development/Quality Improvement project

    Able to work autonomously and to deputise for senior staff in a variety of roles when required to do so.

    Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data, generating and responding to emails, conducting web searches, storing data and retrieving data, producing reports etc
    Highly motivated and committed to improving quality and services for people affected by dementia

    Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust


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