Specialist Dementia Nurse

Job overview

Are you an experienced RMN Nurse interested with experience in dementia assessment services?

If so, then the Hillingdon Memory Assessment/Diagnosis Services have an exciting position. This is an opportunity to build your existing skill set to delivering a high-quality mental health and dementia services to local residents and their families

Our ideal candidate would be a mental health professional with a strong interest in older people and a commitment to improving services and their professional development. If you are enthusiastic about this service to develop and meet the needs of the diverse communities of the London Borough of Hillingdon this would be an excellent role for you.

We want to hear from you if you are dedicated, flexible, and forward-thinking with clinical skills and experience working with people with dementia. in a fast pace service

Main duties of the job

To monitor and co-ordinate the care of clients on anti-dementia medication, and manage a caseload of clients referred to the memory services. To collect and analyse data and produce timely reports. To act as a specialist resource for those coping with a diagnosis of dementia and to work with other team members to effect the best possible care and support systems for both users and carers of dementia services locally, In addition supporting group sessions CST and liaising with other services where joint up working is required. You will also be involved in delivering diagnosis to patients on your case load.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To monitor and co-ordinate the care of clients on anti-dementia medication, and manage a caseload of clients referred to the memory services. To collect and analyse data and produce timely reports. To act as a specialist resource for those coping with a diagnosis of dementia and to work with other team members to affect the best possible care and support systems for both users and carers of dementia services locally.