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Job description

In collaboration with Dementia UK, Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare (HRCH) are looking to recruit a registered nurse (RN, RNMH, RNLD).

Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who work with and support people with dementia and their families who have complex needs.

Providing specialist one-to-one support, guidance, and practical solutions for families, alongside supporting best practice and providing role modelling across Richmond.

Do you have a passion and experience in:

• Providing relationship-centred dementia care
• A strong sense of advocacy and equalities for this client group to join the Richmond community dementia service.
• Have significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and supporting their carers/supporters in different settings, including the primary care setting.
• Formal knowledge of dementia acquired through clinical post-graduate training/education.

You will become part of the wider network of Admiral Nurses and will have the opportunity to access relevant postgraduate courses and develop professionally, as informed by the Admiral Nurse Competency Framework.

Employed by HRCH and based within the dementia team in Teddington health and social care centre, working under the direct management of Richmond Specialist Rehabilitation Services Manager you will receive ongoing support from Dementia UK to maintain and strengthen your clinical expertise as a specialist nurse within dementia care.

As the Admiral Nurse Clinical Lead you will:

• Manage the Admiral Nursing team,
• Responsible for balancing the clinical caseload for the service, alongside setting-up, developing and evaluating the service.
• Influence and support the delivery of work streams that improve the experience of care for people living with dementia, and their families from pre-diagnosis to post-bereavement.

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It’s personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It’s the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It’s simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.

In 2018, we were named ‘Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction’ by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards.

In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users. If you enjoy a challenge and want to go home each day knowing you made a difference, you will thrive in our organisation.

Infection Control

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

***Please see attached job description, person specification, admiral nursing candidate pack and admiral nursing FAQs.***

To find out more about the role of an Admiral Nurse, candidates are encouraged to complete Dementia UK’s free online: Pre Admiral Nurse eLearning course. This could be in advance of the interviews or upon an offer of employment being made.