Primary Care Dementia Practitioner - Truro, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Primary Care Dementia Practitioner:


Band 5:


Main area

  • Dementia and Older People's mental Health.
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Grade

  • Band 5
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Contract

  • Permanent
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Hours

  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (This post is based at Trevissome House in Truro and will involves working with PCDP patients registered with St Agnes and Hayle GP surgeries.)
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Site

  • Trevissome Park
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Town

  • Truro
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Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum / Pro Rata
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 21/05/2023 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
    Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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Job overview:


An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the County Wide Primary Care Dementia Practitioner Service in Cornwall This is a great opportunity for someone who desires to further develop their skills in supporting patients with a dementia diagnosis.


This innovative patient centred service continues to move forward whilst working with Primary Care Services to meet the needs of the people with a suspected dementia, and a diagnosis of dementia.

This post is based in primary care but has close links to the Dementia and Older People's Mental Health teams.

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, occupation therapy, psychology and social work and 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.


Main duties of the job:


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.

To work with the Dementia and Older People's Mental Health Team Service 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 other.

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 dement

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