Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Northern General Hospital
Town Sheffield
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 06/04/2025 23:59
Interview date 15/04/2025
Transitions of Care Admiral Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
In collaboration with Dementia UK, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are looking to recruit an exceptional registered nurse with a passion for, and experience of, providing relationship centred 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 one of two Band 7 Admiral Nurses, you will be based between the Northern General/Royal Hallamshire Hospitals and in the community; working within the acute inpatient setting, and post discharge follow up in care homes and home settings, to influence, deliver and coordinate relationship centred dementia care.
You will be employed by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals working under the direct management of one of the geriatric matrons, within the Combined, Community and Acute Care Group. You will receive ongoing support from Dementia UK to maintain and strengthen your clinical expertise as a specialist nurse within dementia care. You will also become part of the wider network of Admiral Nurses and will have the opportunity to access relevant post graduate courses and develop professionally, as informed by the Admiral Nurse Competency Framework.
We have 2 Fixed Term/Secondment posts available -
* 1x Full time post, 37.5 hours a week, 15 month contract
* 1x Part time post, 30 hours a week, 9 month contract
Main duties of the job
As an Admiral Nurse, you will deliver specialist one-to-one support, guidance and practical solutions for families, alongside supporting best practice and providing role modelling within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. You will also influence and lead on the delivery of work streams that improve the experience of care for people living with dementia, and their families throughout their hospital stay and across care transitions.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The successful applicant will be an NMC registered nurse, with significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and supporting their carers/supporters in different settings, including the acute setting, along with formal knowledge of dementia acquired through clinical post-graduate training/education.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 15 months (until 02/08/2026) due to the post being externally funded. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the ongoing source of the external funding and the requirement for the post to be maintained.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of a maximum of 9 months (until 15/02/2026) due to maternity leave of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and statutory maternity provisions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Experience
* Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and their carers/families in different settings, including acute care
* Experience of NHS discharge planning process
* Experience of coordinating complex discharges
* Experience of completing holistic nursing assessments
* Experience of providing bio-psychosocial interventions
* Experience of 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
* Experience of professional supervision of staff
* Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
* 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 supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
Skills and Knowledge
* Demonstrate all the 6 Admiral Nurse competencies: • Person-centred care • Therapeutic skills • Triadic relationship centred working • Sharing knowledge • Delivering best practice • Critical reflective practice
* 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 discharge care planning, process, and related pathways
* Knowledge of relevant policies/national strategy e.g. MCA/DoLS/ACP/NICE guideline/Care Act
* Advanced assessment / reasoning skills and care planning skills
* Demonstrates excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to co-ordinate and work across professional teams and boundaries.
* Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively.
* Ability to record and report back accurately and comprehensively on assessments and risks identified.
* Understanding of competency frameworks
Personal Qualities
* Ability to lead and manage services
* 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
Education and Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (RMN/RNMH/RGN/RNLD)
* Willingness to complete Dementia UK’s Pre-Admiral Nursing e-learning course prior to starting in post
* 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
* Relevant teaching qualification
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