Dementia and Delirium Specialist Nurse

Dementia and Delirium Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 04 November 2025

A rare opportunity has become available to join the Dementia and Delirium team as a Dementia and Delirium specialist nurse to cover maternity leave.

The UHD Dementia and Delirium team is seeking a Band 6 Dementia and Delirium specialist nurse to provide expert dementia and delirium care at University Hospitals Dorset. You will be expected to facilitate dementia Tier 2 training across UHD, whilst also working clinically supporting patients living with dementia and or experiencing a delirium. The successful candidate must have significant experience in dementia and delirium care, previous teaching experience is desirable.

Currently the role is Monday-Friday and does not include working bank holidays or weekends, however this may change in the future. The role involves working across all of UHD hospital sites.

You will require the ability to prioritise your own workload, have a flexible, proactive and resilient attitude in an ever-changing environment, alongside organisation skills and IT skills (including PowerPoint and EPR). Excellent communication skills and teamwork are essential.

Job satisfaction is abundant in this role as you are able to role model and shape the workforce to provide excellent quality dementia and delirium care.

As part of the interview process you will be required to prepare a short presentation.

Cross site working is required.

This role required NMC Registration (Mental Health/Adult)

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist expertise, facilitating evidence-based, patient-centred care for a defined caseload of patients with dementia, delirium or cognitive impairment
• To work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to plan and implement individual care plans for people presenting with dementia, delirium or cognitive impairment
• To participate in the development, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of Dementia and Delirium service policies and protocols, as directed by the designated Dementia and Delirium Team Lead
• To act as a resource and to provide education and training for patients and health care personnel, as directed by the Dementia and Delirium Team Lead and Trust Dementia Lead
• To support the dementia and delirium team to provide person centred care including supporting therapeutic activities for our patients

About us

Our values define who we are as . They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert

Person Specification Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse (Mental health/adult)
• Further education in Dementia

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working with patients with dementia and cognitive impairment within an acute environment
• Experience of management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
• Experience of care planning
• Previous experience of leading others
• Experience of assessing delirium
• Demonstrable experience of managing delirium
• Knowledge of the Mental health act/Mental capacity act and DOLS
• Previous experience of facilitating mandatory training (Dementia)
• Knowledge of medications prescribed in dementia/delirium care

Other

• Driving license

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.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust