Dementia and Older Adults Lead Nurse

Are you interested in working and living in the Western Isles, a unique area of natural beauty with clean air, no traffic jams and the opportunity to explore a variety of outdoor leisure activities, cultural activities, as well as a wealth of traditional craft and music related pursuits, with daily travel connections to the mainland via air and ferry? If this opportunity appeals, then we have the vacancy for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide clinical leadership for our Dementia Service. The Dementia and Older Adults Lead Nurse will provide strategic direction, support dementia service improvement and act as an expert clinician to support the decision making of a range of other health and care professions. The Dementia and Older Adults Lead Nurse will lead on the ongoing implementation of dementia standards, national and local strategies as well as the dementia service remobilisation and recovery plan.

Applicants must be innovative and resourceful to meet the challenges of the remote and rural area of practice. This will involve working across professional and organisational boundaries, in partnership and in collaboration with wide range of stakeholders.