Memory Assessment Practitioner

NHS; Cinderford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A trusted healthcare organization in Cinderford is seeking a Memory Assessment Practitioner to coordinate assessments, treatment, and support for patients with dementia. The ideal candidate will provide clinical supervision, maintain high professional standards, and work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals. This is a key role in enhancing the quality of service for patients and their families, requiring a strong background in mental health and community health care.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health settings, especially with older people.
• Knowledge of dementia care and management.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision and mentorship for staff and students.
• Lead user/carer education initiatives and clinical leadership.
• Develop and implement local and national health policies.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Mentorship

Evidence-based practice

Collaboration

Education

Qualified Practitioner and registered to a professional body

Significant post-registration experience

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Memory Assessment Practitioner

The closing date is 08 October 2025

The Managing Memory Service Team, provides a specialist service for people with memory problems / dementia across Gloucestershire.

This role is key in coordinating the on-going assessment, treatment and support to people with dementia, their carers and relatives who are referred to the memory service.

Main duties of the job

To work collaboratively with members of the memory services team maintaining professional links to ensure that the service user and carer get the best service. To undertake assessments and treatment with people with memory problems / dementia, their carers and relatives who are referred to the memory service, and to lead the provision of post diagnostic discussion.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

• To provide clinical supervision, caseload management, preceptorship, mentorship, and day to day supervision/management for a designated staff group and students, ensuring appropriate professional development and quality of care.
• Provide clinical leadership and role modelling for others, promoting and maintaining high professional standards
• Provide evidence based practice within the team ensuring good practice and continuous service development.
• Participate, collaborate, educate and offer consultancy to partner agencies and others ensuring appropriate decisions are made regarding service user and carer needs.
• Lead the provision of user / carer education work as indicated by the needs of the service.
• Develop and/or implement local and national policies and procedures to maintain a set of quality standards for the health and safety of patients and staff.
• Work in partnership with other members of the team, statutory and non-statutory agencies.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Person Specification

• Qualified Practitioner and registered to a professional body
• Significant Post registration experience particularly within Community Health/primary care and management of own caseload
• Experience in a range of mental health settings particularly in older people services and those with cognitive impairment
• Awareness and understanding of contemporary development in mental health care particularly Dementia
• Sound evidence based knowledge of the management of people with Mental Health needs

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust