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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Admiral Nurse

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Job summary

In collaboration with Dementia UK, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit an exceptional registered nurse with a passion for, and experience in, providing relationship-centered dementia care to join our team as an Admiral Nurse.

Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who work with and support people with dementia and their families. As the Band 7 Admiral Nurse, you will be based at Kings Mill Hospital and work within the wider dementia team to influence, deliver, and coordinate relationship-centered dementia care within the hospital settings, including Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital.

As an Admiral Nurse, you will provide specialist one-to-one support, guidance, and practical solutions for families, while also supporting best practices and providing role modeling within Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You will also have the opportunity to influence and lead on the delivery of workstreams that improve the experience of care for people living with dementia and their families throughout their hospital stay and across care transitions.

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 can be done either in advance of the interviews or upon receiving an offer of employment and before starting in the position.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

Details

Date posted

03 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CEN-5682973

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Person Specification

essential

Essential

  • Degree level
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Managerial experience - band 7 in NHS
  • Evidence of Quality Improvement that has led to changes in the organisation
  • Proven track record in leadership and management
  • Experience of working with patients with dementia

Desirable

  • Additional professional/management qualifications
  • Masters level qualification
  • Older persons qualification
  • Experience of working towards Care Quality Commission and the National Health Service Litigation Authority Standard
  • Complaints management
  • Sound general management experience, budget management skills, business case preparation, staff management

Essential

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Project/change management experience
  • Excellent report writing and action planning
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills
  • Ability to contribute effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to negotiate and influence
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Understand the complex dynamics of a multi-professional environment
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge of dementia

Desirable

  • Experience in education and professional development
Person Specification

essential

Essential

  • Degree level
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Managerial experience - band 7 in NHS
  • Evidence of Quality Improvement that has led to changes in the organisation
  • Proven track record in leadership and management
  • Experience of working with patients with dementia

Desirable

  • Additional professional/management qualifications
  • Masters level qualification
  • Older persons qualification
  • Experience of working towards Care Quality Commission and the National Health Service Litigation Authority Standard
  • Complaints management
  • Sound general management experience, budget management skills, business case preparation, staff management

Essential

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Project/change management experience
  • Excellent report writing and action planning
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills
  • Ability to contribute effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to negotiate and influence
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Understand the complex dynamics of a multi-professional environment
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge of dementia

Desirable

  • Experience in education and professional development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Corporate Matron

Leanne Minett

leanne.minett@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

03 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CEN-5682973

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton In Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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