The Associate Practitioner for Dementia Activity Coordinator will be responsible for developing, organising, and facilitating in the delivery of high-quality therapeutic activity programmes for elderly patients including those with dementia across the Trust. The aim is to improve patient experience and to prevent and reduce delirium for some of our most frail and vulnerable patients.
The post holder will be working alongside with the Associate Practitioner in Dementia and is under the supervision of the Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist. The role is also expected to assist in providing dementia awareness training to all hospital staff and ensuring carers are signposted to relevant dementia support. The post holder will have a specific site as a base but can work cross-site to undertake a range of delegated tasks and delegated authority to improve the dementia service.
Its key purpose is to improve patient experience for people living with dementia who are admitted to hospital through therapeutic activities and mental stimulation. Also to assist the team to ensure that patients aged 65 and over admitted as an emergency case for more than 72 hours in FHFT are appropriately assessed for dementia and referred on to specialist services.
The post holder provides support to the Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist for a caseload of patients living with dementia admitted at FHFT by delivering therapeutic activities, psychosocial interventions, and interventions enhancing mental stimulation. The post holder will also be undertaking regular reviews, offering signposting, and providing support to the person living with dementia and/or their carers, assisting with the hospital journey, and signposting to community support.
In addition, the role will contribute to promoting a dementia-aware culture across the organisation by assisting in the delivery of dementia awareness training for hospital staff and ensuring carers are informed and signposted to relevant support networks. The post holder will also carry out a range of delegated tasks and exercise delegated authority as required to support service improvement and the delivery of high-quality dementia care.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026
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