Memory Assessment Clinician

Coventry And Warwickshire Partnership Nhs Trust; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts through NHS schemes

Wellbeing support

Staff networks and support group

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Memory Assessment Clinician (CPN or OT) to develop skills in memory assessment, focusing on cognition assessments and aiding the diagnostic process with memory difficulties. The team may also handle functional illness cases as it grows.

The role involves memory assessments in clinic or home settings, joint diagnosis with consultant psychiatrists, pharmacological treatment guidance, and post-diagnosis support within an expanding older

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., RMN, DipCOT) required or desirable.
• Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC.

Responsibilities

• Memory Assessments within clinic or patient’s home environment.
• Timely diagnosis with joint work with Consultant psychiatrists.
• Post diagnosis support and signposting; monitoring and reviewing treatments.
• Assess risks in home and support mitigation using MDT approach.

Education

RMN

DipCOT

HCPC/NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join the Community mental health - Older adult service, an expanding team working with patients with both dementia and functional disorders.
The role of the Memory assessment clinician is open to CPNs and Occupational Therapists interested in developing their skills in Memory assessment work. The role will involve working predominantly with patient presenting with memory difficulties, completing assessments of cognition and supporting the diagnostic process. However, as the team grows and develops may include some work with patients presenting with functional illness also.
Please see job description for full details.

Main duties of the job

• Memory Assessments within clinic or patients home environment, dependent on patient need.
• Timely diagnosis, following close joint working with Consultant psychiatrists.
• Pharmacological Treatment, as per guidance from Consultant psychiatrist. As appropriate depending on profession.
• Post diagnosis support and sign posting.
• Monitoring and reviewing of patients started on treatment.
• Contribution to duty system.
• Assessment of risks at home and support to address/ mitigate utilising MDT approach.

Please see job description for full details.

About us

Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

The focus of this role will be on completing the following main duties;

• Memory Assessments within clinic or patients home environment, dependent on patient need.
• Timely diagnosis, following close joint working with Consultant psychiatrists.
• Pharmacological Treatment, as per guidance from Consultant psychiatrist. As appropriate depending on profession.
• Post diagnosis support and sign posting.
• Monitoring and reviewing of patients started on treatment.
• Contribution to duty system.
• Assessment of risks at home and support to address/ mitigate utilising MDT approach.

Please see job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant Professional Qualification ie. RMN, DipCOT
• Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC

Experience

• Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
• Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
• Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
• Proven experience of people management

Other

• Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.