Job overview
The Dementia Team have a new exciting opportunity for a Dementia Associate Practitioner position within our ever expanding team to help support our patients living with Dementia.
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to work alongside the Dementia Team within Hampshire Hospital Foundation Trust, both in Winchester and Basingstoke Hospital.
If you are as passionate about Dementia care as we are, we'd love you to be part of our team .
Main duties of the job
The individual must be have previous demonstrable experience of Dementia Care within a care setting. They must have excellent communication skills and be dynamic in their approach in delivering person centred care to patients living with Dementia and supporting their family and carers.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Hayden on 01962824639.
Person specification
shortlisting
Essential criteria
1. Dementia care experience for 1 year
2. dementia care acute hospital experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
3. dementia level 2 training
Desirable criteria
4. dementia qualification
team player
Essential criteria
5. demonstrates good team work