Job summary
Employer heading
Memory Assessment Nurse
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Job overview
We are currently looking for a part time Band 6 Memory Nurse in the East/North East locality for 30 hours a week, preferably over 4 days between Monday-Friday. This locality is based near Chapeltown in Leeds LS7. We are looking for a committed and motivated practitioner who wants to consolidate their nursing practice in memory services and develop their skills, experience and knowledge. The successful applicant will be expected to demonstrate the capacity to work independently in the assessment for dementia process and offering post diagnostic support.
Main duties of the job
It is desirable for the candidate to have post registration experience, and experience with memory assessments and evidence based tools used for diagnosis. You will be able to demonstrate an in depth understanding of the needs of service users with dementia and have an ability to support service users and their families/carers practically and emotionally post diagnosis.
Working for our organisation
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will need to be able to work independently out in the community as well as being part of a Multi-Disciplinary team. The current role within the team does include hybrid working, as well as running a clinic once a week. It is essential that you have a full UK driving licence and use of a car as the role involves visiting service users at home. Successful applicants will be offered a comprehensive continuing professional development package which will include access to appraisal, clinical and managerial supervision.
Service operating hours are Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN
Experience
Essential criteria
- Dementia and memory assessments
- Older People’s Care
Skills
Essential criteria
- Dementia Assessment Skills
- Car Driver
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Heather Thackray
- Job title
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- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0113 8558877
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