Band 6 Mas Senior Practitioner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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The Memory Assessment Service is open to anyone aged 18 or over who has a Birmingham or Solihull based GP.

The Service assesses people with memory and/or cognitive problems in the context of a suspected dementia.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a service ensuring timely diagnosis of dementia and supporting people diagnosed to live well post diagnosis.

An excellent opportunity has arisen to recruit two fulltime 37.5hrs Band 6 Senior Practitioners who can be Mental Health Nurses or Occupational Therapists by background to join the Birmingham and Solihull Memory Assessment Service.

This post is in the city-wide Memory Assessment Service, which is part of the Mental Health Services for Older People division.

The post-holder will be required to carry out assessments with Service Users, and their informants, which follow an established protocol and include clinical history taking, cognitive testing, and functional assessment.

This enables the multi-disciplinary team to reach a diagnostic decision.

The post holder will have the opportunity to work alongside Clinical Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Consultant Psychiatrists as co-members of the team within this role.

This role encourages a high level of autonomy and clinical reasoning and participation in service design, audit and reflective practice.

All training will be provided as will managerial, clinical and professional supervision.

Assessments are completed within clinic, community and video/telephone settings as appropriate and there is an expectation that although the post holder will be assigned a geographical area, this may change as need dictates.

The post-holder will also be expected to carry out duties commensurate with a Band 6 Nurse/Occupational Therapist role including duty working and screening referrals.

The post holder will need to be motivated, passionate about Dementia care and be prepared to work as part of a team that are striving for excellency.

They will need excellent communication skills, the ability to be flexible, work proactively and work well as part of a team.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year.

We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally.

We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need.

We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.

If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.