Dementia Liaison Nurse

Main area Dementia care Grade Band 6 Contract 11 months (Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity until 25th September 2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00) Job  
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Site Bolitho House Town Penzance Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

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• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about working with people living with dementia, prompting the concept of living well with dementia for those living within a 24 hour care setting. This post forms part of our Dementia Liaison Nurse (DLN) service, which consists of eight innovative Dementia liaison nurses alongside a Clinical Lead Manager whom work countywide in Cornwall to deliver evidenced based dementia care.

The Dementia Liaison Nurse service provides assessment, risk assessment, care planning and treatment for people living with dementia, in designated care homes. The role comprises of working alongside the immediate multi-disciplinary team within the Dementia and Older People's Mental Health service, but also with our wider health and social care community, in particular our colleagues in general practise, care homes and social care.

• To undertake with support specialist bio-psycho-social assessments of patients with suspected or confirmed dementia and other mental health problems. Which may include the impact of physical health on wellbeing including pain, impact of medication, carer assessments cognitive functioning assessments.
• To help build strong and effective working relationships with key staff in a cluster of community hospitals, GP practices, care homes, mental health and primary care community teams.
• To help reduce the number of admissions from care homes to acute hospitals (Royal Cornwall Hospital and Derriford) for people with dementia. To be able to manage a caseload under the care programme approach, placing the person at the centre of care in a rewarding but busy role. The ability to work in partnership with carers/family members and services in the community is essential.
• The successful applicant will need to work on their own as well as being a part of the wider team. You will need to have good communication skills and a sound…