Dementia Support Worker - Trauma and Orthopaedics

Dementia Support workerBand 3PermanentFull Time - 37.5 hours per weekPlease note this is not a healthcare assistant role. Please read the job description carefully This is a newly created post that will be a part of the Trauma and Orthopaedic Care Group within the Division of Surgery at the Aintree site. The post-holder will support our acute orthopaedic wards to facilitate a high standard of enhanced care for our dementia patients to ensure a robust and holistic hospital admission. The post-holder will contribute to the delivery of patient's individual care under the direction and supervision of the Ward Manager with additional support from the Dementia and Delirium Team. Whilst completing this, the post-holder will assist with all aspects of the patient's care including moving and handling, personal hygiene and dietary needs. The successful candidate will be covering a 7 day service and will work with other Dementia Support Workers to ensure the service is covered across the 3 ward areas Monday - Sunday., The post holder will contribute to the delivery of patients' individual care under the direction and supervision of the Ward Manager and in conjunction with the Dementia and Delirium Team.

• They will gather quality collateral history/ personal information from patients, families, carers and other relevant services (eg social worker, care agency).
• Deliver, monitor and embed DCS care plans for patients with dementia using clinical leadership skills to role model best practice to ward staff.
• Work closely with dementia service colleagues and contribute to service goals, taking responsibility for collecting and inputting data metrics.
• Use clinical judgement to feedback to MDT patient progress and assist in setting patient goals that reflect their changing needs.
• Ensure effective ongoing carer communication/ liaison, including referrals to community resources where indicated (eg carer support organisations).
• Facilitate the provision of meaningful activities for patients, working closely with band 2s and volunteers.
• Facilitate supported/ risk-positive discharges.
• Follow-up telephone calls and where required, admission avoidance activity (community liaison/ follow-up visits).
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.