Dementia and Delirium Specialist Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dementia and Delirium Specialist Nurse to join our team. A Dementia and Delirium Specialist Nurse evaluates, plans, and supports person-centred care for patients admitted with acute confusion, delirium, or living with dementia. They act as expert clinical advisors to ward teams, provide hands-on training to hospital staff, and offer guidance and reassurance to distressed patients and their families,

• To support staff in identifying signs, facilitating assessment, information gathering and formulating individual care plans for patients living with dementia or who have a diagnosis of delirium.
• To support staff and teams across the Trust in providing the safest and best environment possible when caring for patients with dementia or delirium.
• Provide support and advice for patients, relatives and carers of patients with dementia or delirium.
• Provide education, support and advice to staff caring for patients with dementia and delirium.
• Support delivery of the dementia strategy in Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust and input into the development of the strategy and service developments.
• Support service change and development in line with best practice for dementia and delirium.
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
  
  Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.