Post Diagnostic Support Nurse (Dementia) | East London NHS Foundation Trust

Tower Hamlets Diagnostic Memory Clinic are looking for an enthusiastic and competent mental health nurse, with a specialist interest Dementia Diagnostics and Post Diagnostic care, to deliver our post diagnostic support offer.

This is a Secondment covering maternity leave.

The Tower Hamlets Memory Clinic provides a dynamic, innovative and responsive service for the population where dementia diagnosis rates are increasing.

The clinic provides high quality comprehensive assessments and diagnosis for people experiencing cognitive decline by working actively in partnership with service users, carers and relatives. This includes high quality post-diagnostic support and intervention that promotes independence, social inclusion and maintains quality of life.

You will be working collaboratively with the wider team to build and maintain our post diagnostic support offer. You will be responsible for supporting a caseload of service users, who have recently been diagnosed, to develop person centred, independence maintaining care plans. This will also include a degree of shared oversight and facilitation of our post diagnostic treatment groups and activities.

You will join a motivated, friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team who continue to make a positive difference for our local community.

The service is committed to learning and development and, as a part of your role, you will be supported to engage in a range of exciting developmental opportunities.

See the attached Job description and person specification where the full duties and responsibilities are listed.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.