Memory Assessment Practitioner

The post currently involves undertaking remote (via video call) or clinic-based appointments in line with the Memory Pathway and Protocols.

You will be responsible for making the initial contact with patients and carers to support their understanding of the memory pathway, and for undertaking detailed history-taking using a holistic memory assessment framework. This includes the initial collection of all clinically relevant service user information and clinical history, while involving carers using agreed service formats.

There is a requirement to accurately and contemporaneously record and document clinical discussions and assessment details on the RiO clinical system.

Your comprehensive assessment and detailed history-taking will be presented to the multidisciplinary team. You will then communicate the findings, including any diagnosis, to the person assessed and, where appropriate, their loved ones. You will also provide monitoring of any recommended treatment, where suitable, in line with the Memory Assessment Pathway.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Higher education in a health related subject; - Evidence of CPD

Special Requirements

Essential: - Ability to travel within the geographical work area; - Attend Trust induction and localised induction; - Complete care certificate

Experience

Skills

Desirable: - A.I.R