+ To support patients with cognitive impairment such as dementia by delivering a provision of appropriate support services to enable rehabilitation and promote independence for as long as possible.
+ To support patients living with cognitive impairment by offering them a range of psychosocial interventions and activity programmes.
+ To enhance well-being of patients with cognitive impairment by providing opportunities that enable them to rehabilitate within the hospital setting.
+ To respond to a range of needs, offering time-limited interventions for groups and/or individuals aimed at equipping individuals and their families to feel confident about their ability to live well with a cognitive impairment., + To work under the supervision of a qualified nurse and assist in the implementation of intervention and activity programmes
+ To be responsible and accountable for the delivery of a high quality support service
+ To be responsible for liaising with relevant statutory and voluntary organisations in the area in relation to this service
+ To be responsible for representing the needs of people with cognitive impairment and their carers at local events., + To co-facilitate a range of psychosocial interventions and activity programs for patients
+ To promote independence for patients by supporting them to participate in psychosocial interventions and activity programs of their choice.
+ To assist with referrals and assessing people with cognitive impairment with their support needs
+ To assist in developing and maintaining individual support plans and risk assessments
+ To provide support for patients' activities, including those that maintain daily living skills
+ To plan as a team all activities in detail, ensuring that patients have the necessary equipment and resources to undertake the scheduled activities
+ To provide flexible, individual support for patients during the scheduled activities
+ On completion of the time limited interventions to signpost patients onto other appropriate services.
+ To maintain accurate, up to date patient documentation.
+ To seek and record patient feedback to understand whether needs are being met, and to plan any necessary adjustments
+ To develop networks with the aim of empowering individuals to make informed choices
+ To assist in the identification of other areas of need and service development for people affected by cognitive impairment
+ To complete patient information in nursing documentation
+ To comply with the data protection regulations, ensuring that information on patients remains confidential.
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
+ Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
+ Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
+ A range of flexible working opportunities
+ Generous annual leave and pension scheme
+ Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
+ Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
+ On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
+ Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country's top performing NHS trusts - rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people's homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise - a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people's lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.