Admiral Nurse Band 6

Job Description

Admiral Nurse Band 6 - 18.75 hours fixed term until March 2022Working in partnership with Making Space, AGEUK, Alzheimer’s SocietyAdmiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who work with and support families and carers of people with dementia. Working collaboratively with other professionals, Admiral Nurses seek to improve the quality of life for people with dementia and their carers’. They use a range of interventions to help people live positively with the condition and develop skills to improve communication and maintain relationships.We are offering a new opportunity to develop your practice within a community setting and to build upon your experience of working in a specialist field. The successful applicant will work within our established team across Doncaster. The team currently consists of;1 Team manager/Admiral Nurse RMN1 Admiral Nurse/Learning disability nurse1 Admiral Nurse/Mental Health Nurse1 Admiral Nurse/General Nurse2 Dementia Advisors- RDASH1 Dementia Advisor- Making Space1 FTE Dementia Advisor- AGE UKThe service is currently based at Blossom Lodge, Tickhill Road Site, Balby, Doncaster.Covering the Doncaster area in 4 sectors; North, East, South and Central. We have an allocated Nurse and Dementia Advisor for each area.Referrals will be triaged and allocated according to need, to either Nurse or Advisor.The casework is managed by case type- Intense, Maintaining or Holding.Visits are mainly held in a community setting to suit the individual we are supporting, but mainly in the person’s home.The Doncaster Admiral service is a partnership working with RDASH, Making Space, AGE UK, Dementia UK and the Alzheimer’s Society. We work closely with other Doncaster Stakeholders including GP’s, palliative care and Parkinson’s service.You will be supported by Dementia UK through Practice Development, Clinical Supervision and continuing professional development, to maintain excellent standards and specialist skills in dementia care.Applicants should be a Registered Nurse with appropriate demonstrable dementia care experience, enthusiastic about the needs of carers and have access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical areaFor further information please contact Melanie Bleything on rWe reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.PLEASE NOTE WE WILL CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION THEREFORE PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTIt is important that you check your NHS jobs account regularly. To access emails from us, log into your account and view My Applications however some emails have been known to end up in JUNK MAIL/SPAM BOX so please ensure you check this folder as well as your INBOX so you dont miss any important communication regarding your application.If you have not received confirmation of an interview date within 6-8 weeks of your application, please assume on this occasion that you have been unsuccessful.Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015 and Care Act 2014. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share the commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment and periodically during their employmentDBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment within the Trust. Therefore, if you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS clearance.Safeguarding Policies for the Trust can be accessed via the document links.The Trust is committed to equal opportunities in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community in order to maintain a workforce as diverse as the population it serves.The first 6 months of employment with the Trust will be a probationary period which may be extended by the Trust for a further 6 months.