About the role
Salary: £32073.00 to £39043.00
As a Primary Care Dementia Practitioner you will be a part of a specialist team who are based across Cornwall and are passionate about providing support for people with dementia, their families, and carers.
Offer a skilled assessment to identify the needs of people with dementia and their family carers.
Provide specialist information and advice for carers on the different aspects of caring for a relative or friend with dementia.
Work with people and their families from their diagnosis throughout their dementia journey, providing emotional, psychological support and guidance on how to access services.
Help family carers to develop and improve their skills so they can assist with caregiving.
Promote positive approaches to living well with dementia.
Ensure the person with dementia is at the centre of everything we do.
Work closely with the Memory Assessment Service and Dementia Older People's Mental Health Service, providing a comprehensive and seamless service across the pathway.
Work alongside other professional and organisations to ensure care is coordinated.
Improving GP awareness, assessment, and diagnosis of people with dementia and identifying people with dementia on the GP dementia registers.
Work with family carers to enable them to express their wishes and views about the services they receive.
Have access to supervision and appraisal to develop your own area of expertise to support the service to develop and meet the needs of the local community more effectively.
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.