Engagement and enhanced care sister
Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 week ago
The post involves working alongside the Clinical lead for Enhanced Care and team coordinator in supporting the enhanced care team, working between the hours of 8am-6pm on a rota basis.
The post holder will provide the professional leadership and support to the team based within the acute Trust.
Through collaborative working with clinical areas daily, you will be contributing towards the assessment and review of patients requiring a higher enhanced level of care. The Enhanced Care Team provide increased visibility to maintain patient safety and promote a positive patient experience through the supported delivery of individualised care and therapeutic interventions.
The post holder will be required to lead and support with Quality Improvement projects across the trust, to demonstrate the delivery of up-to-date practices,
The role involves the active organisation and delivery of training Trust wide in line with national guidance in the Dementia Strategy, the Butterfly scheme and John’s Campaign The role will play an active part, in partnership with others, to influence change and innovation in caring for people with dementia /and or delirium.
There is close working with the Dementia Lead matron to ensure ongoing development of skills and knowledge through relevant training, conference, and collaborative meetings. Working alongside relevant partners in the voluntary sector and local community are also encompassed within the service.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Doyle Job title: Lead matron for dementia and delirium Email address: laura.doyle@cht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01484 355819
The post holder will provide the professional leadership and support to the team based within the acute Trust.
Through collaborative working with clinical areas daily, you will be contributing towards the assessment and review of patients requiring a higher enhanced level of care. The Enhanced Care Team provide increased visibility to maintain patient safety and promote a positive patient experience through the supported delivery of individualised care and therapeutic interventions.
The post holder will be required to lead and support with Quality Improvement projects across the trust, to demonstrate the delivery of up-to-date practices,
The role involves the active organisation and delivery of training Trust wide in line with national guidance in the Dementia Strategy, the Butterfly scheme and John’s Campaign The role will play an active part, in partnership with others, to influence change and innovation in caring for people with dementia /and or delirium.
There is close working with the Dementia Lead matron to ensure ongoing development of skills and knowledge through relevant training, conference, and collaborative meetings. Working alongside relevant partners in the voluntary sector and local community are also encompassed within the service.
- To support the Enhanced Care Support Worker and provide professional leadership within the team.
- To support with managing the A level student enrichment programme, engaging with the enrichment leads in local colleges, promoting and supporting spread across the localities with support from the team coordinator.
- To undertake a holistic clinical assessment following referral of patients requiring the advanced level of 1-1 supervision requiring meeting their individualised care needs alongside the Clinical Lead for the service.
- To support with daily allocation of an ECSW to work in partnership with the ward team to provide enhanced care and intervention for the patient, supporting individualised care and therapeutic interventions in partnership with the patient’s family/carers.
- To demonstrate deliver of up-to-date practices, policies, and protocols within the clinical environment and in line with best practice within the national Dementia strategies.
- To support the Clinical lead with Quality Improvement projects across the trust, taking a lead on QI projects when required.
- To support the work undertaken with the Dementia Lead matron to ensure ongoing development of skills and knowledge through relevant training, conference, and collaborative meetings.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Doyle Job title: Lead matron for dementia and delirium Email address: laura.doyle@cht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01484 355819
