Job overview

The Stoke Memory Service are looking to recruit a full-time Band 6  Nurse Practitioner.

The successful candidate will:

Act as named practitioner/care co-ordinator for a specific group of patients and provide care under the supervision of the Memory Services Team Lead. 

Deliver Assessment and diagnosis delivery both within a clinic setting and the community to this group of patients and liaise with other professionals regarding progress and outcomes.

Ensure that practice remains abreast of new developments and to develop and maintain standards and implement change in respect of this.

Main duties of the job

To act as practitioner/care co-ordinator with responsibility for the assessment, planning and delivery of care to the identified patient group.

To act as a Change Agent and actively seek to develop practice. 

To develop relationships and strengthen links and liaise between the different To act as practitioner nurse/care co-ordinator for an identified group of patients within the overall community team caseload.  To ensure that appropriate interventions are planned and delivered according to assessed need.  To promote a positive nurse patient relationship and to engage with carers/relatives as appropriate.  To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards of record-keeping are adhered to.  To take an active role in auditing and maintaining standards of record-keeping for this group of patients.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. 

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.  For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.  As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”. 

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.