Clinical Dementia Advisors

Doncaster Care Group - Memory Service within the CMHT for Older people. 4 x Fulltime posts for Clinical Dementia Advisors (CDA) - these posts are open to all Registered Healthcare Professionals.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new service model of post diagnosis support for people affected by Dementia. Rdash is the lead provider in partnership with the Alzheimer society. The clinical staff will be employed by Rdash and work jointly with the non-clinical staff from Alzheimer’s Society.

By joining in the development stages of this new service model the post holder will have a unique opportunity to be involved in the planned events to promote and grow the provision to ensure it meets the needs of people using it. The CDA’s will be instrumental in establishing the services role in the Rdash footprint and the wider health and social care community, they will be liaising with colleagues in Primary care and third partner agencies.

The CDA’s will be Locality based in line with the Doncaster Place Plan. They will be an integrated part of the current CMHT provision and will have the full support and receive supervision from the MDT that is already established.

Are you passionate about providing holistic care and support to people affected by Dementia, if so then this is the post for you.
- To be responsible for the further assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence-based care required, including health promotion for an identified group of patients, who have already been diagnosed as having Dementia.
- Responsible for the appropriate clinical risk assessment of patients contacting the team as appropriate.
- Providing an effective advice, guidance and decision-making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care, within MDT support.
- Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment of a designated caseload. This includes the comprehensive care planning for maintaining stability, contingency and crisis.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

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Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role