Memory Assessment Nurse inColwyn Bay inColwyn Bay PUBLISHED
FRI 22 NOV 2024
This Band 6 position emphasises professional development, allowing nurses to enhance their assessment skills and participate in supportive therapeutic work during the early stages of diagnosis. The role requires a versatile nursing background across various specialties, including Adult Mental Health and Older Person's Mental Health. Fluency in Welsh is preferred but not mandatory. Overall, the position provides a platform for career growth within a well-established memory assessment service in a challenging and rewarding environment.
Are you looking for a challenge and the chance to progress your career in providing modern and supportive holistic care during the initial period of cognitive assessment and diagnosis? Then look no further, come and join us!
The post holder will undertake responsibility of the Conwy & Denbighshire memory clinic in the absence of the memory clinic manager.
The post holder may be required to divide their time equally between a clinic and community care setting due to the large rural geographical area with limited transport links and problematic mobile phone reception.
It is necessary to work autonomously and conduct patient home visits. To have the ability to make complex decisions unsupervised due to working in isolated areas.
The post holder is expected to participate as a full member of the multidisciplinary team, working with people who present with possible organic mental health problems. Taking responsibility for a case load of patients and initial comprehensive assessments, delivering diagnosis and formulating treatment plans and on-going review.
An opportunity has arisen for a mental health nurse to join us as a B6 MA Nurse in Central Memory Assessment Service (MAS). This is a long established multi-disciplinary memory assessment service providing a service of excellence across Conwy and Denbighshire.
We will provide you with the opportunity to develop transferrable skills - to become specialised in the assessment process by further developing your assessment techniques whilst carrying out in-depth first line assessments; collecting and collating information in an appropriate format to present to your MDT colleagues; sharing and discussing sensitive information as well as participating in the diagnostic process; providing knowledge and support during those early days of diagnosis as well as being involved with initial therapeutic group/ individual work. We want to support you in your career and give you opportunities to progress.
The role will require a mix of nursing skills from a range of professional specialist areas - Primary Care, Liaison, Adult Mental Health and Older Person's Mental Health. As the Band 6 you will be expected to lead an area of the MAS in the absence of the manager. This is a unique opportunity to join our team during these interesting times of change.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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