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Dementia Care Nurse Specialist

GelderlandOn site30 hours/week<3months

Within a healthcare organization, you will have ample room for your expertise. You will be given the time to do what you do best. As a nurse specialist, you will focus on independently treating residents with dementia, making diagnoses, and promoting the quality of care. You will have an eye for the entire context of the residents, considering both medical and social aspects.

What you do

  • Independently research, diagnose, treat, and provide medical care
  • Promote the quality of medical care within the team
  • Fulfill a coaching role for colleagues and contribute to improving care processes
  • Look at the broader context of the issues affecting residents
  • Be part of the medical treatment team and actively participate in multidisciplinary consultations
  • Collaborate closely with geriatric specialists, basic doctors, AIOS, HAIO, nurse specialists, and practice nurses
  • Maintain contact with various healthcare partners, such as hospitals, general practitioners, and other healthcare providers in the care chain
  • Regularly consult with care teams to identify problems among residents
  • Coordinate care within your specific area(s) of expertise
  • Serve as a point of contact for colleagues and residents, advising, informing, and instructing them on diagnoses, prognoses, treatment options, and possible complications

About the organization. This healthcare organization is continuously engaged in research, development, and innovation. New scientific knowledge is acquired, and answers are sought to questions arising from practice, thereby contributing to the best possible care, treatment, and guidance for residents. The organization is a Target Group Expertise Center (DEC) for specific target groups such as Korsakov, Huntington, and Gerontopsychiatry+.

Knowledge and experiences are exchanged with a broad network, including other knowledge centers, universities, colleges, and healthcare institutions. (Inter)national conferences are attended, and internal knowledge evenings and webinars are organized annually. To support the learning and improvement culture, there are research coordinators, a scientific research committee, and research is conducted by students and employees, including doctoral research.

You will have the space to be yourself and to develop, including the opportunity to conduct research and share your knowledge.

What they ask

  • Completed HBO Nursing education and training as a Nurse Specialist
  • Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience
  • Registered in the BIG-register

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