• Job Description

  Req#: C9153-25-0537?language=en&page=78&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  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, whilst also working clinically supporting patients living with dementia and or experiencing a 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 8:30am - 12:30pm, following delivery of training you will then work clinically as a dementia and delirium support worker, mostly supporting therapeutic activities on 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 prioritise your own workload, have a flexible, proactive and resilient attitude in an ever-changing environment, alongside organisation skills and IT skills (including power point and EPR). Excellent communication skills and teamwork are essential.

  Job satisfaction is abundant in this role as you are able to 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.

  About us

  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 are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following 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 interview.

  Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or Nationalterms and conditions.

  Details

  Date posted

  14 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year pa/pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  153-ME04057-A

  Job locations

  Royal Bournemouth Hospital

  Bournemouth

  BH7 7DW

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

  Job description

  Job 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

  Essential

  • 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 recognise these

  Desirable

  • Experience of planning activities
  • Experience of managing BPSD
  • Experience at Band 3 level

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Good standard of general education including literacy and numeracy
  • Completion of the National Care Certificate

  Desirable

  • NVQ 3 in care

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • An excellent understanding of dementia and delirium
  • Basic knowledge around types of interventions, activities and how to manage BPSD
  • Able to recognise own level of competence and seek support where necessary

  Desirable

  • Advanced knowledge in planning interventions
  • Understanding about the deteriorating patient
  • General medical knowledge

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Enthusiastic caring attitude
  • Highly motivated
  • Patient focused
  • Flexible to the needs of the service
  • Professional approach

  Desirable

  • Problem solving and decision-making skills
  • Recognises stress in self and others

  Language requirement

  Essential

  • Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • 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 recognise these

  Desirable

  • Experience of planning activities
  • Experience of managing BPSD
  • Experience at Band 3 level

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Good standard of general education including literacy and numeracy
  • Completion of the National Care Certificate

  Desirable

  • NVQ 3 in care

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • An excellent understanding of dementia and delirium
  • Basic knowledge around types of interventions, activities and how to manage BPSD
  • Able to recognise own level of competence and seek support where necessary

  Desirable

  • Advanced knowledge in planning interventions
  • Understanding about the deteriorating patient
  • General medical knowledge

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Enthusiastic caring attitude
  • Highly motivated
  • Patient focused
  • Flexible to the needs of the service
  • Professional approach

  Desirable

  • Problem solving and decision-making skills
  • Recognises stress in self and others

  Language requirement

  Essential

  • Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Bournemouth Hospital

  Bournemouth

  BH7 7DW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Bournemouth Hospital

  Bournemouth

  BH7 7DW

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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