Primary Care Dementia Practitioner - Central, Fowey Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Phoenix MCT; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits in a forward-thinking NHS community and mental health provider Trust in Cornwall. This role focuses on supporting individuals with dementia and their families, ensuring a holistic approach to care. As a key member of the team, you will collaborate with various healthcare professionals to enhance the quality of life for those affected by dementia. You will engage in community outreach, providing essential support and interventions to improve early diagnosis and detection. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with dementia, this position offers a fulfilling career path in a beautiful part of the UK.

Qualifications

• Must hold a professional qualification in relevant fields.
• Passion for working with people with dementia is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist support to individuals living with dementia and their families.
• Work with teams to ensure holistic care for dementia patients.
• Identify individuals with dementia in the community for better care.

Skills

Effective communication

Dementia care

Collaboration with healthcare professionals

Education

Professional qualification in nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, or social work

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the County Wide Primary care Dementia Practitioner service in Cornwall.

This innovative service continues to move forward whilst working with GP’s to meet the needs of the people with a suspected dementia, and a diagnosis of dementia. Based in primary care but with close links to the complex care and dementia community teams, you will deliver support and interventions. You will be a key link in the journey for people with dementia and their carers and also offer support to facilitate early diagnosis and detection. You will need to have a passion and motivation for working with people with dementia and be an effective communicator as the role involves liaising with a variety of agencies.

We are seeking highly motivated individuals from a variety of backgrounds including nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, and social work who hold a professional qualification to reflect this. The post holder must be committed to improving quality of life for people with dementia and their family/carers, as well as leading on developing person-centred care, providing independent expert advice, information, and support. Primary care-based dementia practitioners will meet the needs of people with dementia and their carers living in the community across Cornwall.

This is a permanent post working 37.5 hrs per week.

Key Responsibilities:

1. To provide specialist support to individuals living with dementia and/or mental ill health (frequently associated with some form of dementia), carers and families, and others who are significant to the individual and to work in partnership with general medical colleagues, ensuring physical and mental health needs of people with dementia are considered holistically.
2. To work with Complex Care and Dementia and memory assessment service teams to provide a comprehensive service across the pathway for people diagnosed with dementia, whilst providing signposting, advice, education, and support to both the person living with dementia and their families/significant others.
3. To identify individuals with dementia, living in the community, who are not currently recorded on the GP dementia registers and to improve GP’s awareness and detection of dementia.

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays, lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

This advert closes on Monday 6 Jan 2025.