Admiral Nurse

South Tyneside Health Collaboration; South Shields; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Postgraduate courses access

Professional development support

Admiral Nurse network

Job summary

South Tyneside Health Collaboration, in collaboration with Dementia UK, is recruiting a registered nurse (RN/RNMH/RNLD) for Admiral Nurse duties. You will work across three PCN areas in South Shields, providing specialist dementia support to families under the Admiral Nurse framework.

You will be NMC registered with post-registration dementia experience and ideally have community or primary care exposure. STHC is a GP Federation focused on delivering services at scale across South Tyneside.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse with post-registration dementia care experience.
• Experience supporting carers in different settings is desirable.
• Community or primary care experience is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist one-to-one dementia care guidance to families.
• Support best practice and role modelling across the network of Admiral Nurses.

Skills

NMC registered nurse

Dementia care experience

Advocacy for dementia patients

Education

NMC registered nurse (RN)

Job description

In collaboration with Dementia UK, South Tyneside Health Collaboration are looking to recruit a registered nurse (RN, RNMH, RNLD) with a passion for, and experience of, providing relationship-centred dementia care with a strong sense of advocacy and equalities for this client group.
Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who work with and support people with dementia and their families who have complex needs. Under the supervision of Clinical Lead Admiral Nurse, you will provide specialist one-to-one support, guidance, and practical solutions for families, alongside supporting best practice and providing role modelling across South Tyneside., You will be employed by South Tyneside Health Collaboration and based across the three PCN areas of South Shields. You will work under the direct managements of the Clinical Lead Admiral Nurse and will receive ongoing support from Dementia UK to maintain and strengthen your clinical expertise as a specialist nurse within dementia care. You will become part of the wider network of Admiral Nurses and will have the opportunity to access relevant post graduate courses and develop professionally, underpinned by the Admiral Nurse Practice Standards Framework.
The successful applicant will be a NMC registered nurse, with relevant post-registration clinical experience of working with people living with dementia and supporting their carers/supporters in different settings. Experience in a community or primary care setting is desirable.
South Tyneside Health Collaboration (STHC) are a GP Federation and valued system partner, set up to bring together South Tyneside General Practices to work collaboratively in delivering services at scale across the borough of South Tyneside.