Job Overview
We are seeking a qualified nurse to come and work in the newly established West Kent Memory Assessment Service. If you are interested in older adults and keen to develop your expertise in memory assessment, this is the role for you! The memory assessment service aims to assess and diagnose patients within six weeks, providing the highest quality of care to our local population.
Successful applicants will be working in our combined memory clinics alongside the multi-disciplinary team including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, an operational team manager, clinical lead, and administrators. The memory service is based in Maidstone but operates clinics in Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells, so please note there may be an expectation to travel between sites as part of this role.
The post holder must hold a full, valid UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main Duties of the Job
To deliver memory assessments, in a combined clinic setting and as home visits and in care homes where appropriate.
Working for Your Organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life. We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability, and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
To adhere to the NMC registration and revalidation requirements.
• To support and uphold the most current NMC Code of Conduct at all times.
• To support and implement the current and future Nursing Strategy.
• To promote and adhere to KMPT's strategies, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• To support and behave in a way that upholds KMPT values.
• To carry out specific duties relevant to the setting e.g., nurse-led clinics.
• Recording and documenting interventions delivered in a timely manner as per professional and local standards using KMPT systems.
• To coordinate and make recommendations to the care plan process.
• To act as Practice Assessor.
• To assess, act on, and report any safeguarding concerns.
• Act as a role model and support new team members through demonstration and explanation of tasks and techniques.
• Facilitate, support, and assess staff undergoing personal and/or professional development.
• Undertake and maintain all essential training to the role.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
* NMC Qualification
* Some memory clinic experience
KMPT Staff Benefits:
NHS Pension Scheme: Your employer pays 20.6% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
Annual Leave for Agenda for Change: 27 days for full time or pro rata if part time; 29 days after 5 years NHS service; 33 days after 10 years NHS service, plus bank holidays, totaling up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Flexible Working: Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts, etc. Just ask and we will try to help.
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