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Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner Memory Assessment Service
The closing date is 19 July 2026
The Memory Assessment Service is looking for highly skilled, motivated, passionate practitioners who are dedicated to providing high‑quality, timely care. Whether you are already a B6 or seeking your next step, we welcome applicants eager to work with individuals referred into the service.
We consider our staff the most valuable asset, and excellent, well‑trained, and motivated team members help us deliver a culture of compassion, collaboration and continuous improvement. We offer an internal Academy of Excellence to support staff throughout their careers, links to local universities for further education, and fully funded leadership and management qualifications.
Main duties of the job
- Provide thorough memory assessments for those referred into the service.
- Gather a detailed collaborative history of presenting problem from the patient and their carer.
- Collect relevant past medical history from system partners.
- Undertake physical health observations and be aware of escalation routes.
- Formulate a plan of treatment in collaboration with senior colleague in MDT.
- Assess risk and develop management plans, reviews and adjustments in line with the service user’s needs.
- Consider the holistic care needs and identify when and how to refer appropriately to other services.
- Work in collaboration with service users and their family/carers as experts in their own care.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for adults and young people, alongside specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.
We deliver extensive physical health services, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals‑at‑home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care. Dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
Job responsibilities
We offer flexible working; all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse.
Experience
- Registered Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner.
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills.
- Able to use a computer & IT systems to meet the requirements of the role.
- Ability to work within a multi‑disciplinary team.
- Ability to act as a role model for junior team members.
Additional Criteria
- Experience of working in an OPMH setting.
- Experience of conducting formal memory assessments and using memory assessment tools.
- Knowledge/understanding of dementia and associated behaviours/interventions.
- Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks.
- Knowledge of the key principles of safeguarding children and adults.
- Knowledge of the key principles of the Mental Capacity Act.
- Knowledge/awareness of the current NICE guidance relating to dementia and memory assessment pathway.
- Ability to facilitate clinical supervision.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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