Consultant Physician In Geriatric Medicine Memory Assessment Support Service

This is an appointment to HSE Dublin & South East Region on a Public Only Consultants’ Contract 2023 by the Health Service Executive. The initial commitment for this post will be to Wexford General Hospital for 18.5 hour per week/18.5 hours per week to Memory Assessment Support Service Older Persons Service, Community Services Wexford.

The Wexford Memory Assessment & Support Service was established in late 2022 in Enniscorthy, Wexford under the aegis of the National Dementia Office and clinical governance is currently provided by the Consultants in Geriatric Medicine at the local acute hospital Wexford General Hospital. The service provides specialist diagnostic and post-diagnostic support services to patients experiencing cognitive decline.

The MASS service is a specialist multidisciplinary service primarily targeting and managing the complex care needs of the person with cognitive decline across a continuum of care. The overall aims of the service are to:

•Provide a specialist opinion using a multidisciplinary approach to support people with complex care needs.

•Develop a person-centred care planning approach that supports robust and timely communication across care settings.

•Support appropriate and timely reduction of Emergency Department (ED) attendance through the development of care pathways that support GPs and others in assessment of people experiencing cognitive decline with escalating care needs.

•Provide support and education to people with cognitive decline, carers and healthcare professionals.

The inpatient service will benefit from enhanced delirium and dementia care with improved links to MASS and Community Health Networks/Primary Care to facilitate early discharge of patients with delirium and dementia.

The post holder will be based initially at the Wexford ICPOP Hub, St. John’s Community Hospital, Enniscorthy, Wexford, co-located with the Wexford ICPOP and will also be concurrently accommodated within Wexford General Hospital for their acute work.