Health Care Support Worker (Memory Assessment Team)

Job summary

An exciting Band 3 HCSW opportunity has become available join the Older Adult South Monmouthshire Memory Assessment Service based in Chepstow Community Hospital

The job role is a part-time position 22.5 hrs working three days a week over Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm in a busy and friendly Older Adult Mental Health Team that work within a well established integrated service. The successful candidate will work with a team of registered nurses to deliver initial assessments for individuals who have been referred with a deterioration in their cognition. The Service provides assessment, support, education to service users, their families and carers. This can be a fast-paced role and requires good organisational skills and excellent communication skills. You will be motivated and an effective team player.

Main duties of the job

Support the Registered Nurse Team in the delivery of initial cognitive assessment and reviews.

Support Initiation and compliance of Anti-dementia medications under the supervision of registered nurses.

Telephone support and contacts to service users and their families and carers.

Liaising with third sector agencies and support services.

Participate in MDT and professional meetings.

Co-working with the local authority.

Making referrals for identified needs.

Build relationships with families and carers.

To report identified risks to team and medic.

Familiarise and have an understanding of the demographic of the local area.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.