Admiral Nurse

1 week ago


Basingstoke, United Kingdom Hampshire Hospitals NHS Full time

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 1 year fixed term contract for an exceptional individual who has experience of providing specialist dementia care to join our Admiral Nurse team at Hampshire Hospital Foundation Trust.

Acute Care Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who work within the acute care setting working with and supporting families and carers of people with dementia

Main duties of the job

As part of an exciting new service development, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is working in partnership with the charity Dementia UK to provide Admiral Nursing service covering our three hospital sites. Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who offer expert practical, clinical and emotional support to families involved in the care of a person living with dementia with complex needs.

You will work alongside multidisciplinary teams, adult services and third sector providers. You will benefit from being part of our wider inter-trust mental health team.

We are looking for an exceptionally skilled, Registered Nurse (adult/mental health/learning disability) with a passion for, and demonstrable track record of, providing person-centred and relationship-centred dementia care with a strong sense of advocacy and equalities for this client group. Combining direct work with families with supporting the best practice of health and social care professionals, you will call upon your impressive knowledge of bio-psychosocial interventions to improve the experience and quality of life of families affected by dementia.

Working for our organisation

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) provides hospital services to around 570,000 people living in Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire, and specialist services to patients from all over the country. We deliver a full range of district hospital services in a variety of locations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

experience

Essential criteria

experience of dementia care within nhs setting

Desirable criteria

experience of dementia care in the community

qualifictaion

Essential criteria

dementia qualification

carer support

Essential criteria

experience of providing carer support
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