Community Practitioner - Carlisle, United Kingdom - Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
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Carlisle, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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East Memory and Later Life Services (MLLS) are excited to welcome an enthusiastic, compassionate and dedicated community practitioner to our team, to support in making a significant impact on the well-being and quality of life of older adults in Carlisle and Eden.


Our service are committed to providing outstanding care and support to older adults in our community who are experiencing memory issues, co-morbid functional mental illness and complex/age related needs.

We believe in the power of person - centred care, and our team are driven to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where every individual feels valued and respected.

If you are looking for a new, exciting opportunity, and are passionate about the deliverance of high quality care and instilling hope in to our community, this is the role for you


Our community practitioners work across three pathways: Early Memory and Wellbeing Pathway, Complex Needs Pathway, and CHESS pathway. Your expertise and compassion will enable you to build strong therapeutic relationships with patients and carers/families, to help empower individuals to enhance their quality of life and explore available support.


You will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team of professionals, to assess the needs of our patients, support in assessment towards diagnosis of dementia, and deliver evidence based treatment and interventions as addressed in individuals care plans.


Our Early Memory Pathway supports with assessment of individuals experiencing concerns or decline in their memory and cognition, to support with establishing potential diagnosis and maximising quality of life.

Our pathway support with post diagnostic interventions as well as working in partnership/ providing insight into wider support networks available to support through the patient's journey.


Our Complex Needs Pathway provides initial nurse led assessments of patients with complex dementia, often with behaviour that challenges others, co-morbid functional mental illness and often multiple physical health needs.

Our team utilises a case management approach to work closely with patients, family and carers. Interventions often include interagency working.

Care Home Education Support Service (CHESS)

  • Support and education into a care home setting to help assess, formulate person centred interventions to help prevent hospital admissions and use of antipsychotic medication. The practitioner will have a pivotal role within the team, and will use the Newcastle Model to provide bespoke outreach interventions for care homes, alongside delivering an education package to help promote a person's independence and quality of life in a setting of their choice. We aim to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and pharmacological interventions and opt for a more holistic, personcentred therapeutic approach with an array of interventions.


We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future.

In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

Please see attached Community Practitioner Job Description Document for further information on role and main responsibilities.


Advertising date: 1 st February 2024


Closing date: 15 th February 2024
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