Senior Community Dementia Nurse/Practitioner
The closing date is 04 June 2026
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week.
To work as part of Managing MemoryTogether to support service users with dementia in primary care - ensuring appropriate levels of support, advice and therapeutic interventions are delivered in a coordinated manner for people with dementia in the allocated area.
Main duties of the job
* Work to a defined cluster of GP Practices whilst remaining flexible to work across other GP Practice clusters as required.
* Act as the lead professional for people with dementia allocated to your own caseload and support other lead professionals within other services.
* Work collaboratively with other services to advise and ensure proactive support to people with dementia in the required area.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Job responsibilities
Manage an allocated caseload of people with dementia living at home, whose level of support require care co-ordination and are not more appropriately served by another specialist service.
Develop, monitor and review support plans proactively to meet service user needs in partnership with the service user, carer, and primary care team. Develop, monitor and review contingency and advanced care plans.
This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
* Experience of applying psychosocial interventions with people with dementia
* Experience of team working in a Community.
* Working knowledge of the complex needs of older people with dementia
* Awareness and understanding of contemporary development in mental health care particularly dementia
* Sound evidence based knowledge of the management of people with dementia and mental health needs
* Be able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
* Ability to work alone or as part of a team
* Evidence of NMC registration first level nurse
* Evidence of post registration learning
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Experience of management and leadership
* Experience of facilitating groups
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (pro rata)
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