Admiral Nurse

Dementia UK; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dementia care charity in London is seeking an Admiral Nurse to provide specialized support to families affected by dementia. You will be pivotal in offering practical guidance, leading clinical projects, and ensuring high standards of care. Ideal candidates will be registered nurses with relevant experience in dementia care, strong communication skills, and a commitment to advocacy for family carers. This role includes flexible working options and extensive professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave

8% employer pension contribution

Life assurance cover

Health cashback plan

24/7 virtual GP access

Flexible working options

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
• Significant experience as an Admiral Nurse or dementia specialist nurse.
• Proven track record of high standards in clinical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing support and expertise to family carers.
• Promote family-centered approaches to dementia care.
• Lead and coordinate shifts and provide clinical supervision.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical leadership

Dementia care expertise

Education

Post-registration qualification in dementia care

Job description

Overview

Join our Delivered Services team as an Admiral Nurse and bring your specialist dementia nursing expertise to support family carers, people affected by dementia, and professionals who require specialist advice – particularly in UK localities where there is no Admiral Nurse Service available. You’ll be a key member of our team, providing biopsychosocial support through our National Dementia Helpline and Virtual Clinic appointments.

In addition to your core responsibilities, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and support other clinical projects across the charity. You’ll benefit from monthly clinical supervision and a range of learning opportunities to support your ongoing professional development, including use of the Admiral Nurse Competency framework.

Responsibilities

As an Admiral Nurse, you’ll be responsible for providing nursing support and expertise, offering practical guidance to colleagues, the general public and those affected by dementia. You’ll promote family and relationship-centered approaches to dementia care, lead and coordinate shifts as required and provide clinical supervision to others. You’ll also assist with service development, evaluation, and audit, while maintaining high standards of care and safeguarding in line with Dementia UK policies. You’ll advocate for family carers (with permission), ensuring advice aligns with national standards such as NICE guidelines and contribute to policy and procedure development.

Qualifications

To be successful in this position, you’ll need to be an active Registered Nurse on the NMC register with a post-registration qualification or training in dementia care or a relevant subject. You will have significant experience of practicing as an Admiral Nurse or dementia specialist nurse and previously worked with people who have dementia and their family carers and supporters in different settings.

Strong communication skills are essential, as is a proven track record of providing high standards of clinical leadership and specialist nursing support. You should be adept at providing clinical advice, clinical supervision, and advocating for family carers.

Benefits

• enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay family-friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS pension
• three x basic salary life assurance cover
• free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to a wellbeing app flexible working options including hybrid working,
• flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
• learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
• commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer