Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist

Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week A lead specialist in a defined area of nursing, the post holder will be an identified key worker for a patient caseload, accepting referrals to agreed criteria, coordinating treatment and care, practicing autonomously as a core member of the Integrated Discharge team, with a specialist focus on Dementia patients. The senior CNS possesses expertise in clinical risk evaluation, change management, and the provision of educational support to patients, carers, and colleagues across organisational and professional boundaries. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate a higher level of practice in both their direct care of patients and in their ability to plan and develop services to support patient care. Utilising the skills of leadership, clinical expertise, evidence-based practice, and innovation, the post holder will facilitate and deliver care which is patient-centered, safe, and effective. The post holder may be required to work on other wards/departments within the Trust at short notice in the event of hospital pressures/major civilian disaster. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations: The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds. Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount), which includes temporary bank staff, and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services, and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire, which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston, as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire, which has a population of approximately 50,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital, and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances. For further details/informal visits contact: Name: Clare Wall Job title: Matron Complex Discharge Email address: clare.wall@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 36 4357

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