PRACTICE PROFILE
Area
Memory Services
Location
St. Mary’s Hospital – Newport – Isle
of Wight – PO30 5TG
Directorate
Community and Mental Health
Professional Lead
Education Lead
Education Lead Contact Details
HEI Representative
HEI’s using this Learning Environment
Learning Environment Mission Statement
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
General Information
Description of Service and Client Group
Contact Number
01983 822099 ext 5384
Annual Review of Profile due January 2017
Department Manager
Martin England
Martin England / Chris Whittingstall
Moira Sugden
UoS
Improving the Lives of People with Dementia
http://www.iow.nhs.uk/Working-With-Us/learning-zone/studentwelcome.htm
The Memory Service Team provides specialist level mental health care to
people with dementia and cognitive impairment and their carers on the
Isle of Wight.
There is an estimated 840,000 in the UK with Dementia and this is
expected to double in 30 years to 1.4 million. The Isle of Wight
demographic has a high proportion of people over 65 years and it is
estimated that there are approximately 2,669 people with dementia living
on the Isle of Wight (JSNA 2011).The Team works alongside
Commissioners and GP colleagues to promote the need for diagnosis for
people with dementia and cognitive impairment and early referral to the
Memory Service.
The service includes:
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Description of related services & Client
group
LEARNER INFORMATION
Work Pattern (Start, finish times)
Memory Service Community Team
Memory Therapy Groups
In-patient Liaison
The service is delivered according to care clusters for groups of patients
with different needs in line with Department of Health, Payment by
Results (PbR) guidance, adapted to local need and commissioned through
the Care Commissioning Group. This policy reflects only the role of NHS
health care in the Dementia Care Pathway.
Monday – Friday 09.00-17.00 (08.30-16.30) (Some liaison work may follow
shift patterns)
Dress Code
IOW NHS Trust dress code policy
Induction/Orientation programme
Organisational induction by Clinical Education Team followed by local
induction within clinical area
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Staff / rest room facilities
Expectations during placement
Kitchen Facilities available (Hot Water Boiler) (Maybe asked to contribute
towards tea money kitty)
All students to follow Health Education Wessex learning charter and The
IOW Trusts Vision, Values and Behaviours Framework.
See embedded documents
140820_CS38511 A3 Vision values and
& A4 learner charter for
behaviours
HEW andposter
HETV_FINAL.pdf
- May 2014.pdf
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES
Recommended reading/Websites
Living_Well_With_De Final Report - IOW C:\Documents and C:\Documents and
Settings\whittingstall_c\My
Documents\Sou
Settings\whittingstall_c\My
Documents\Guidence\Dementia
Strateg
mentia-v1240113.pdf
2013.pdf
Common Abbreviations
Specific learning opportunities
CPN (Community Psychiatric Nurse) MTG (Memory Therapy Groups) CST
(Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) MSNAP (Memory Services National
Accreditation Programme) MCA (Mental Capacity Act) DoL’s (Depravation of
Liberty) CPA (Care programme Approach) QIPP (Quality, Innovation,
Productivity and Prevention) MHA (Mental Health Act) MMSE (Mini-mental
State Examination) ACE-R (Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised)
TYM (Test your Memory) HoNOS (Health of the Nation Outcome Scores) PbR
(Payment by Results) CQC (Care Quality Commission) CPD (Continuing
Personal Development) SpR (Specialist Registrar) CCO’s (Community Care
Officers) AMHP (Approved Mental Health Practitioner)
Patient/Clinic visits with: CPN’s, Consultants, OT’s
Group/Therapy work with: Post Diagnostic Groups, Cognitive Stimulation
Groups, Hospital Liaison Team.
Specific areas of expertise/clinical
skills
Consultant Psychiatrists Assessments, Occupational Therapy Assessments,
Post Diagnostic Counselling groups, Cognitive Stimulation Groups
Common Assessments /
Interventions/Care pathways
Models of practice experience e.g.
Hub and Spoke, Care pathways,
Patient Journeys
MMSE, ACE-R, TYM, History taking, Post Diagnostic Counselling,
Occupational Therapy Assessments, Dementia training and awareness
Hub and Spoke
Learning Disability Service, Parkinson’s Nurse, Huntington’s Nurse, Diabetes
clinic, Community Matrons, In-Patient wards (Shackleton) Admiral Nurses,
Nursing & Care Homes.
MULTIAGENCY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES / RESOURCES
Multi-professional learners
MH Nurses, OT’s, Admiral Nurses
accessing the environment
Professionals working in the
Consultant Psychiatrists, SpR, CPN’s, MH OT’s, Psychiatric Liaison Team,
environment
Admiral Nurses Social Workers, CCO’s, Support Workers, Management Team.
Opportunities to meet EU directives MH, LD, CHILD (safeguarding)
(Nursing)
All relevant policies and procedures relevant to the learning environment can be accessed via the Intranet