MAS Specialist Community Practitioner | Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 p.a. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 August 2025 |
| Location: | Blandford Forum, DT11 7DD |
| Company: | Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7332838/152-M16025 |
Summary
If you are passionate about helping people with Dementia and want to join our supportive multi-disciplinary teams across the county, you will be joining caring, enthusiastic, skilled and dedicated staff teams. We regularly achieve over 96% positive feedback in the Patient Experience Surveys and we are proud to be innovative in our practice. We regularly participate in research studies and we were awarded accreditation in March 2025, from the Memory Services National Accreditation Programme developed by The Royal College of Psychiatrists.
The Memory Assessment Service has two vacancies for a Band 6 Specialist Clinical Practitioner RMN’s.
The first Band 6 role is for the MAS West area team which is based primarily at Maiden Castle. Home visits and clinics take place across the DT10 area (Shaftesbury, Sturminster Newton, Sherborne, Cranborne, Gillingham) and working from home is also an essential part of this role.
The second Band 6 Specialist Clinical Practitioner is for the MAS East area covering the Purbecks and Poole. This will also be a mixture of clinic settings and home visits and working from home is an essential part of the role.
These are permanent posts with core hours of Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00.
You will have a key role in performing Initial Assessments with formal Cognitive Testing and this is the first part of a process leading to a possible diagnosis of a Dementia. You will offer clinic and home-based assessments as well as NHS video consultation and phone assessments. You will be highly skilled in communicating clearly and sensitively, both verbally and in writing, with clients and their carers, discussing diagnoses, treatment options and care plans. You will work closely with health, medical and psychology colleagues, in line with NICE guidance, as part of medicines trials in the monitoring of Anticholinesterase drugs such as Donepezil, Galantamine and Rivastigmine as well as Memantine. You will liaise with colleagues within the wider Dementia services, primary care, community health and social care services, voluntary sector organisations and the wider mental health teams for older adult services as appropriate. You will need to have a valid driving licence and use of a car as you will be required to assess and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community settings. You will need car insurance that includes business. You will be expected to deliver person-centred care whilst meeting local and national targets set by the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS England in relation to dementia.
At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contactdhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net
If you are an experienced clinician and would like to influence future developments whilst delivering direct clinical care to people with Dementia then please read the associated Job Descriptions (this is only for the West vacancy attached) to see if you are eligible to apply for this role. We welcome informal enquiries - Angie McHale - angela.mchale@nhs.net or Work Mobile: 07788 865141.
Please let us know which role you are applying for in your application.
We are unable to consider part time or job share options for either of these roles.
This advert closes on Sunday 10 Aug 2025