Job summary
- Main area
- Admiral Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 270-TE830-ACS-B
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oakwood Centre
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Admiral Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
Dementia UK and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are working in collaboration to provide a new and exciting Admiral Nurse post within the existing Northamptonshire Admiral Nursing Service.
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 Nurses will enable improved holistic care for people living with dementia and their families, working with professionals and services across Northamptonshire.
Please also note that in order to prepare you for becoming an Admiral Nurse, candidates are encouraged to complete the ‘Pre-Admiral Nursing Module’. This could be in advance of the interviews or upon an offer of employment being made. Details about this e-learning can be found on the Dementia UK website, here.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an exceptionally skilled, Registered Nurses with a passion, skill and experience for, providing person-centred and relationship-centred dementia care. Combining direct work with families with supporting the best practice of health and social care professionals, you will call upon your impressive knowledge of bio-psychosocial interventions to improve the experience and quality of life of families affected by dementia.
To complement the existing team experience and skill set we are recruiting an Admiral Nurse with significant experience and knowledge in dementia nursing.
Dementia UK will support you to maintain and strengthen your clinical development as a specialist Admiral Nurse through regular clinical supervision and practice and professional development opportunities. You’ll become a welcome part of a network of Admiral Nurses, and will have the opportunity to access relevant post-graduate training and develop professionally, informed by the Admiral Nurse Competency Framework.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (RN/RNMH/RNLD)
- Post graduate Diploma/equivalent qualification, or equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through in depth experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development/training in dementia care
- Commitment to continued professional and practice development through Dementia UK’s Admiral Nurse Academy
- Completion of Dementia UK’s Pre Admiral Nurse e-learning course prior to starting in post
- Post-registration clinical experience supporting people with dementia and their carers/families
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant area
- Experience in service specific setting
- Experience of managing care transitions
- Experience of professional supervision/ mentoring of staff
- Experience of facilitating and delivering training
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate all the 6 Admiral Nurse competencies
- Skills to operate as a specialist Nurse
- Manage a patient caseload with need to coordinate, liaise and respond to multiple agencies to support patients and their families.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of audit/evaluating clinical practice
- Understanding of practice development/quality improvement and service evaluation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vickie Davies
- Job title
- Admiral Nurse Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557800938
- Additional information
Vickie Davies, Admiral Nurse Clinical Lead (North) 07557800938 [email protected]
Sophie Mellish, Clinical Lead Admiral Nurse (West) 07766780203 [email protected]
Richard Vakis-Lowe, Regional Account Manager (East Midlands and East Anglia) [email protected]
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