Mental Health Practitioner – Memory Clinic

Job overview

Band 5/6

The Newbury Community Older Adults Mental Health Team would like to warmly welcome an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated Clinician to join our Memory Clinic Service.

You will be based at Hillcroft House, West Berkshire Community Hospital which is situated between Newbury and Thatcham.

Flexible working and free car parking available.

The Newbury Community Older Adult Mental Health Service is a multi-disciplinary service comprised of the Community Mental Health Team, Home Treatment Team and the Memory Clinic Service. All teams and members work closely together to offer high standards of specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment for older adults and people with cognitive impairment and/or dementia of any age in the community setting.

We would encourage applications from clinicians who are passionate about working with Older Adults and that wish to develop further expertise/specialise in the area of Memory Assessment.

Working Hours Monday to Friday 9-5pm

• The post holder will undertake comprehensive assessments and reviews in a range of settings including the patient’s home.
• To identify and signpost to a range of health, social and voluntary agencies which may assist and improve the care of individuals and their families.
• Attend weekly Memory Clinic supervision.
• Take part in Service Development both within the Memory Clinic and the wider team.
• Work closely with our wider team and offer support to other areas of the service when capacity allows.
• Working as a duty nurse on a Rota Basis.

Newbury Community Mental Health – Memory Clinic Service is open Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm.

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:

1. A passion to work with people of Older Age or Dementia.
2. An interest to take part in Quality Improvement within the service.
3. Car Driver with access to a car

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person specification

Education Qualifications Training

• RMN

• RGN (i.e. dual qualified)
• Practice Assessor

Continuous Professional Development

• Evidence of Statutory & Mandatory Courses

• Completion of post-graduate courses related Dementia

Previous Experience

• Experience of working with Older Adults and/or adults with Dementia
• Experience in multidisciplinary working

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Care Planning and Risk assessment
• Ability to demonstrate effective team working and ability to work autonomously
• Advanced interpersonal/Communication skills
• Problem solving
• Capable of remaining calm during crisis situations
• Time management & workload prioritisation skills
• Basic Computer skills

Additional Requirements

• Car driver, ability to transport to a variety of community homes/venues. Please note – West Berkshire is a vast geographic area and travelling by public transport would not be sufficient.
• Willing to undertake training in a Specialist Area as required by the service

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

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We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.

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