Memory Assessment Nurse

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking dedicated nurses to join their Memory Assessment Service. This role offers the chance to work with elderly patients facing cognitive challenges, providing essential assessments and interventions. As a Nurse Prescriber, you will utilize your clinical expertise to deliver tailored pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. For those starting as Band 6 Nurses, full support is provided to undertake the Nurse Prescribing Course, paving the way for career advancement. Join a compassionate team committed to making a difference in the lives of patients and enhancing your professional development.

Benefits

In-house occupational health services

Staff counselling services

Health and Wellbeing team support

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health assessment and treatment for elderly patients.
• Registered Nurse qualification is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and potential diagnoses for individuals over 65 with cognitive impairment.
• Support memory clinic services and develop care programs for patients.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Nurse Prescribing

Cognitive Impairment Treatment

Patient Education

Clinical Knowledge

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Nurse Prescribing Course

Job description

The Mental Health division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust employs more than 2,800 dedicated staff to provide vital and integral healthcare services for our patients in a wide variety of settings, ranging from community through to acute wards, covering a vast geographical area. We need a strong, motivated and compassionate workforce to reflect our core values of Honesty, Compassion, Trust, Respect and Teamwork, and want to help our staff reach their full potential by committing to providing the support, skills and development to succeed.

This role is to work in the Memory Assessment Service (MAS) within the Older People’s Care Unit providing assessment, potential diagnosis and signposting to other services and support networks for individuals aged 65 and over referred to the service with cognitive impairment.

This is a vacancy for an existing Band 7 Nurse Prescriber, or an exciting opportunity to join the team as a Band 6 Nurse and receive full funding and support to undertake the Nurse Prescribing Course. Upon completion of the course and having met the relevant competencies, you will progress into the Nurse Prescribing role.

A band 7 Nurse Prescriber will use their specialist clinical knowledge to independently assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate/monitor pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and interventions for individuals as an autonomous practitioner. There will also be a lead role in supporting memory clinic services and associated organisations locally, regionally and nationally in initiatives related to better outcomes for individuals with memory problems.

A band 6 Nurse will provide specialist mental health assessment to individuals presenting with cognitive impairment developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care for a defined caseload. In addition, you will also provide education, advice and liaison to other professionals, clients and their carers.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Colleen Walker Job title: MHSOP Diagnostic Services Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07785 409400