Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
***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 UKs free online:Pre Admiral Nurse eLearning course. This could be in advance of the interviews or upon an offer of employment being made.
Job description
Job responsibilities
***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 UKs free online:Pre Admiral Nurse eLearning course. This could be in advance of the interviews or upon an offer of employment being made.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RMN/RNMH/RGN/RNLD)
- Post registration qualification / training in dementia
- Post-graduate training/ education in dementia/older people
- Willingness to work towards continued professional and practice development through Dementia UK's Admiral Nurse Academy, including the level 6 or 7 Admiral Nurse Competency Framework Module.
Desirable
- Additional nursing qualification
- Masters level qualification in dementia / older people's care
- Mentorship Qualification
- Relevant teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and their carers/supporters in different settings, including community/primary care
- Experience of completing holistic nursing assessments
- Experience of providing bio-psychosocial interventions
- Experience of recent involvement in practice/ service development
- Experience of facilitating and delivering training
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Experience of managing care across care transitions
- Ability to lead and manage services
- Experience of professional supervision of staff
- Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking staff performance reviews and planned development of staff
- Experience of working with patients/ clients to develop practice
- Experience of older persons medicine and palliative care
- Experience of working within or alongside Primary care teams
- Experience of supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
Skills Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to the HRCH values (Care, Respect, Communication )
- Demonstrate all the 6 Admiral Nurse competencies: oPerson-centred care oTherapeutic skills oTriadic relationship centred working oSharing knowledge oDelivering best practice oCritical reflective practice
- Effective role-modelling
- Collaborative and multi-agency working
- Act as a decision maker and advocate
- Good organisational skills
- Good facilitation and presentation skills
- Ability to use Information Technology to improve the delivery of care
- Ability to collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data for service evaluation and development
- Application of sources of research and research methods to evaluate and enhance practice
- Ability to provide supervision, critical companionship and support to team members
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ability to write/present for a range of audiences
- Knowledge of relevant policies/national strategy e.g. MCA/DoLS/ACP/NICE guideline/Care Act
Desirable
- Understanding of competency frameworks
Other Attributes
Essential
- Enhanced communication skills
- Flexibility and creativity
- Ability to operate effectively with a constantly developing relationship with key stakeholders and associated agencies
- Ability to work in groups/one to one
- Ability to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy
- Ability to treat families affected by dementia with respect and dignity, adopting a culturally sensitive approach that considers the needs of the whole person
- Positive mental attitude and a willingness to discuss and negotiate issues and ideas with the appropriate team / individual
- Ability to learn through practice
- Demonstrates a commitment to quality of care
- Demonstrates integrity, compassion and a caring nature
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RMN/RNMH/RGN/RNLD)
- Post registration qualification / training in dementia
- Post-graduate training/ education in dementia/older people
- Willingness to work towards continued professional and practice development through Dementia UK's Admiral Nurse Academy, including the level 6 or 7 Admiral Nurse Competency Framework Module.
Desirable
- Additional nursing qualification
- Masters level qualification in dementia / older people's care
- Mentorship Qualification
- Relevant teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and their carers/supporters in different settings, including community/primary care
- Experience of completing holistic nursing assessments
- Experience of providing bio-psychosocial interventions
- Experience of recent involvement in practice/ service development
- Experience of facilitating and delivering training
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Experience of managing care across care transitions
- Ability to lead and manage services
- Experience of professional supervision of staff
- Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking staff performance reviews and planned development of staff
- Experience of working with patients/ clients to develop practice
- Experience of older persons medicine and palliative care
- Experience of working within or alongside Primary care teams
- Experience of supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
Skills Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to the HRCH values (Care, Respect, Communication )
- Demonstrate all the 6 Admiral Nurse competencies: oPerson-centred care oTherapeutic skills oTriadic relationship centred working oSharing knowledge oDelivering best practice oCritical reflective practice
- Effective role-modelling
- Collaborative and multi-agency working
- Act as a decision maker and advocate
- Good organisational skills
- Good facilitation and presentation skills
- Ability to use Information Technology to improve the delivery of care
- Ability to collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data for service evaluation and development
- Application of sources of research and research methods to evaluate and enhance practice
- Ability to provide supervision, critical companionship and support to team members
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ability to write/present for a range of audiences
- Knowledge of relevant policies/national strategy e.g. MCA/DoLS/ACP/NICE guideline/Care Act
Desirable
- Understanding of competency frameworks
Other Attributes
Essential
- Enhanced communication skills
- Flexibility and creativity
- Ability to operate effectively with a constantly developing relationship with key stakeholders and associated agencies
- Ability to work in groups/one to one
- Ability to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy
- Ability to treat families affected by dementia with respect and dignity, adopting a culturally sensitive approach that considers the needs of the whole person
- Positive mental attitude and a willingness to discuss and negotiate issues and ideas with the appropriate team / individual
- Ability to learn through practice
- Demonstrates a commitment to quality of care
- Demonstrates integrity, compassion and a caring nature
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
Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust
Address
Teddington Health And Social Care Centre
18 Queens Road
Teddington
TW110LR
Employer's website
https://www.hrch.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
