Senior Community Memory Nurse

Senior Community Memory Nurse

The closing date is 28 January 2026

The role is to become a member of the multi‑disciplinary team working together to assess, review and offer pharmacological and non‑pharmacological treatments for people with Dementia, with a view to obtaining a diagnosis if appropriate.

The client group will be people referred to the service due to cognitive decline.

The purpose of the role is to complete initial assessments for this client group to enable a diagnosis to be made, to offer post‑diagnostic information and support to the person with dementia and their carers.

Also, part of the role is working with people whose presentation may have changed due to a variety of reasons including Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia.

The candidate should have a good understanding of the symptoms associated with dementia and how this may affect people and their day‑to‑day lives and the additional support that they and their carers will require.

The candidate may be required to work with people in their own homes and/or people in 24 hour care settings.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up‑to‑date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

The successful candidate will work within the multi‑disciplinary team to assess people experiencing dementia in both the community and care home settings.

Once a dementia diagnosis has been formulated within the MDT, the candidate may be required to deliver that diagnosis to the client: offering post‑diagnostic information relevant to that individual and supporting the person with the diagnosis and their families/carers.

Providing ongoing care coordination for individuals on your caseload, including people subject to the Care Programme Approach or equivalent clinical guidance under your care.

Offer pharmacological and non‑pharmacological treatments, review these and offer advice and support as necessary. Providing ongoing review of individuals prescribed anti‑psychotic treatments in line with a local pathway.

To supervise junior members of staff within their role.

Joint working/liaising with statutory health and third sector services who may be involved in the client care.

Work with the whole team to find new ways of working and innovative practice to meet the needs of the client and their carers.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees andfield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high‑quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non‑clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve the right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

The Post Holder will work as part of the memory service team and provide high quality clinical assessments, care and treatment for people experiencing memory problems.

Following completion of appropriate…