Main area: Dementia
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref: 153-ME04057
Employer: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Town: Bournemouth
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pa/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Dementia and Delirium Support Worker/Dementia Tier 2 Trainer
Band 3
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce and allowing people to be themselves is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job Overview
Do you enjoy empowering the NHS workforce to provide excellent dementia and delirium care? Then this role is for you!
The UHD Dementia and Delirium team is seeking a Band 3 Support Worker to provide dementia Tier 2 training across UHD while also working clinically supporting patients living with dementia and/or experiencing delirium. The successful candidate must have significant experience in dementia care; previous teaching experience is desirable. Training will be provided to enable the successful candidate to deliver the Tier 2 training.
Dementia Tier 2 is delivered Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm. Following the delivery of training, you will then work clinically as a dementia and delirium support worker, mostly supporting therapeutic activities in the inpatient ward areas. Currently, the role does not include working bank holidays or weekends; however, this may change in the future.
You will require the ability to prioritize your own workload, have a flexible, proactive, and resilient attitude in an ever-changing environment, alongside organizational skills and IT skills (including PowerPoint and EPR). Excellent communication skills and teamwork are essential.
Job satisfaction is abundant in this role as you can role model and shape the workforce to provide excellent quality dementia and delirium care.
As part of the interview process, you will be required to prepare a short presentation.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main Duties of the Job
To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for Our Organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD is investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following the merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at the interview.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Experience
* Significant experience of working with people living with dementia and/or experiencing delirium
* Demonstrable experience of caring for patients
* Able to describe the potential causes of delirium and recognize these
* Experience of planning activities
* Experience of managing BPSD
* Experience at Band 3 level
Qualifications
* Good standard of general education including literacy and numeracy
* Completion of the National Care Certificate
* NVQ 3 in care
Knowledge
* An excellent understanding of dementia and delirium
* Basic knowledge around types of interventions, activities, and how to manage BPSD
* Able to recognize own level of competence and seek support where necessary
* Advanced knowledge in planning interventions
* Understanding about the deteriorating patient
* General medical knowledge
Personal Attributes
* Enthusiastic caring attitude
* Highly motivated
* Flexible to the needs of the service
* Professional approach
* Problem-solving and decision-making skills
* Recognizes stress in self and others
Language Requirement
* Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: Staff employed prior to the merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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