Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties & Responsibilities

o    Provide memory assessments and treatment plans for patients under the memory service
o    Provide leadership and clinical advice to colleagues within the memory service
o    Provide treatment based on knowledge of the evidence for pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, in accordance with NICE and relevant guidelines 
o    Ensure effective and timely documentation on electronic patient notes (RiO)
o    Provide support in formulating treatment plans in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team
o    Ensure the review and care of patients’ physical health through liaison with other agencies including the patients GP and general hospital services.  
o    Promote mental health and independence for all people 
o    Provide clinical and professional leadership in the service
o    Provide support to carers and relatives of people, including them wherever possible and in care plans 
o    Facilitate access to a range of community orientated services to those who may need them
o    Liaise effectively with other Trust services and external partner agencies in the best interests of patients
o    Provide a service of the highest quality, within the limits of our resources
o    Support non-medical colleagues in working independently
o    Take part in management activities related to the post, or the wider service within which it is embedded.
o    Comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. MHA (1983) and MCA (2005)
o    Commit to ensuring fair access to services for all
o    Comply with procedures on reporting concerns about professional conduct or competence of medical or other colleagues