Job overview

Previous applicants need not apply

In collaboration with Dementia UK, we are looking to recruit an exceptional Band 6 registered nurse with a passion for and commitment to improving the lives of people with dementia and their families and carers. This is a fixed term 2-year post or secondment opportunity.

Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who offer expert practical, clinical and emotional support to families involved in the care of a person living with dementia with complex needs.

The Admiral Nurse will support, deliver and coordinate relationship-centred dementia care within Oxleas to improve the experience of carers/families affected by dementia with complex needs.

In line with the Admiral Nurse Competency framework at a specialist level, the post holder will provide:

• Specialist bio-psychosocial assessment and support for people with dementia and families with complex needs.
• Facilitation of education and training for staff in the delivery of evidence-based dementia care.
• Support with policy development and quality improvements in relation to dementia care.
• Consultancy to other health and social care professionals regarding dementia.

Main duties of the job

·       Deliver regular clinical 1:1 sessions for families affected by dementia who meet the referral criteria within the London borough of Bromley.

·       Provide specialist nursing assessment, using the Admiral Nurse Assessment Framework for carers/families affected by dementia, including positive risk taking, managing distressed behaviours and risk minimisation strategies.

·       Provide a range of bio-psychosocial interventions to promote health and wellbeing for people with dementia and their carers/families.

·       Work collaboratively with other professionals to improve the identification and management of co morbidities and frailty for people with dementia and their carers/families.

·       Support people with dementia, carers/families and staff to understand and respond to changes in behaviour and relationships as a result of dementia.

·       Provide care coordination for a clinical caseload of families with complex needs as identified within triage assessment in clinics or via home visit if required.

·       Support the delivery of innovative dementia training and education to staff, to improve competence and confidence, in line with best practice and guidance.

·       Develop own competence through use of the Admiral Nurse Competency Framework and portfolio development using resources provided by Dementia UK.

·       Support the audit and evaluation of quality improvements and initiatives aimed at improving the delivery of dementia care within Oxleas.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care