# Memory Assessment Nurse - Gannel Team

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bodmin Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13T09:19:37.844Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8362213
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8362213?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Memory Assessment Service in Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation provides assessment and treatment to people living with dementia or suspected dementia.

We are looking for a passionate, highly motivated individual that is an effective communicator, and with considerable experience in the role they are applying for, or experience in assessment of people with dementia. This post will work alongside the local complex care multi-disciplinary community teams, these form an essential part of the pathway from early diagnosis. The post is supported by the Dementia and Older People's Mental Health team, the Primary Care Practitioners, Occupational Therapist and the Dementia liaison nurse providing care for people across the pathway.

### Main duties of the job

We are looking for highly motivated individual, who is passionate about working in this field and who are looking to join an innovative service delivering high quality safe and effective care, that people who use it, say is good .

You will be a qualified professional and have experience of working with people with dementia and be able to manage a caseload placing the person at the centre of care in a rewarding but busy role. The ability to work in partnership with carers/family members and services in the community is essential.

We will provide you with management and clinical supervision and the opportunity to develop your skills in this area of work through training and development.

To provide specialist nursing skills, knowledge and expertise in the assessment, care and management of people with a suspected dementia / dementia to support the Consultant, GP and other primary care teams.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Proven leadership, organisational, prioritising and team working

### Experience

**Essential**

- Recent substantial experience of working with people with dementia post qualification
- Experience in undertaking cognitive assessments without direct supervision
- Previous experience of mentoring students

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Current professional registration – NMC,
- Professional qualification – RMN, RGN
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Previous Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism

## Documents

- [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977)
- [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833)
- [job description (pdf, 800.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10689003)
- [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 432.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10689004)
- [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976)

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