Job summary
LS25/26 Primary Care Network (PCN) is one of two PCNs in Leeds
which is working with Dementia UK to employ and integrate the Admiral Nurse
role into Primary Care. This is a model which has already been trialled
successfully in other parts of the country.
Main duties of the job
The role will provide a high level of care and support for people
living with dementia, and their families, to maintain and enhance people’s
quality of life. It will also build on the skills and knowledge of primary care
and care home staff in our area.
Admiral Nurses are
specialist dementia nurses who offer expert practical, clinical and emotional
support to both people with dementia and their families / informal carers.
For the Admiral
Nurse Clinical Lead post we are looking for an exceptionally skilled Registered
Nurse (adult/mental health/learning disability) with a passion for, and
significant 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 people and families affected by
dementia.
Dementia UK will
support you to maintain and strengthen your clinical and leadership expertise
as a specialist Admiral Nurse through regular clinical supervision and practice
and professional development opportunities.
About us
SEL GP Group will employ the Admiral Nurse who will be deployed to LS25/26 PCN, working across the PCN’s 7 practices and 12 older people’s care homes. There will be close links with the community neighbourhood teams, memory support workers, the older person’s mental health team and voluntary sector organisations.
The Admiral Nurse in LS25/26 will be part of our growing team of professionals based within the primary care network working together with GP practices to deliver holistic care. The Admiral Nurse will be part of our multi-disciplinary team and work alongside nurses, therapists, primary care, social care and third sector providers, amongst others, you will also benefit from being a part of a Clinical Network of Admiral Nurses working across West Yorkshire and beyond.
The post holder
will need to have the ability to work in a variety of settings, across our PCN.
The role will include seeing individuals, carers and families individually, and
providing education/ training, as well as balancing a clinical caseload - all
whilst setting-up, developing, maintaining and evaluating a new service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job title: Admiral Nurse, (Clinical Lead)
Location: LS25/26
Primary Care Network (PCN)
Employer: South
and East Leeds GP Confederation (deployed to LS25/26 PCN)
Reporting
to: Clinical Director
Salary: £40,057 – £45,839
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours/week
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job title: Admiral Nurse, (Clinical Lead)
Location: LS25/26
Primary Care Network (PCN)
Employer: South
and East Leeds GP Confederation (deployed to LS25/26 PCN)
Reporting
to: Clinical Director
Salary: £40,057 – £45,839
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours/week
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and their carers/supporters in different settings, including community/primary care
- Experience of completing holistic nursing assessments
- Experience of providing bio-psychosocial interventions
- Experience of recent 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
- Ability to lead and manage services
- Experience of professional supervision of staff
- Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
Desirable
- 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 working within or alongside Primary care teams
- Experience of supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate all the 6 Admiral Nurse competencies:
- Person-centred care
- Therapeutic skills
- Triadic relationship centred working
- Sharing knowledge
- Delivering best practice
- Critical reflective practice
- Effective role-modelling
- 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 relevant policies/national strategy e.g. MCA/DoLS/ACP/NICE guideline/Care Act
Desirable
- Understanding of competency frameworks
Aptitudes and Attributes
Essential
- Enhanced communication skills
- Flexibility and creativity
- 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
- Positive mental attitude and a willingness to discuss and negotiate issues and ideas with the appropriate team / individual
- Ability to learn through practice
- Demonstrates a commitment to quality of care
- Demonstrates integrity, compassion and a caring nature
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RMN/RNMH/RGN/RNLD)
- Post registration qualification / training in dementia
- Post-graduate training/ education in dementia/older people
- Willingness to work towards continued professional and practice development through Dementia UKs Admiral Nurse Academy, including the level 6 or 7 Admiral Nurse Competency Framework Module.
Desirable
- Additional nursing qualification
- Masters level qualification in dementia / older peoples care
- Mentorship Qualification
- Relevant teaching qualification
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people with dementia and their carers/supporters in different settings, including community/primary care
- Experience of completing holistic nursing assessments
- Experience of providing bio-psychosocial interventions
- Experience of recent 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
- Ability to lead and manage services
- Experience of professional supervision of staff
- Experience of audit/ evaluating clinical practice
Desirable
- 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 working within or alongside Primary care teams
- Experience of supporting systematic practice development/ quality improvement
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate all the 6 Admiral Nurse competencies:
- Person-centred care
- Therapeutic skills
- Triadic relationship centred working
- Sharing knowledge
- Delivering best practice
- Critical reflective practice
- Effective role-modelling
- 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 relevant policies/national strategy e.g. MCA/DoLS/ACP/NICE guideline/Care Act
Desirable
- Understanding of competency frameworks
Aptitudes and Attributes
Essential
- Enhanced communication skills
- Flexibility and creativity
- 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
- Positive mental attitude and a willingness to discuss and negotiate issues and ideas with the appropriate team / individual
- Ability to learn through practice
- Demonstrates a commitment to quality of care
- Demonstrates integrity, compassion and a caring nature
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RMN/RNMH/RGN/RNLD)
- Post registration qualification / training in dementia
- Post-graduate training/ education in dementia/older people
- Willingness to work towards continued professional and practice development through Dementia UKs Admiral Nurse Academy, including the level 6 or 7 Admiral Nurse Competency Framework Module.
Desirable
- Additional nursing qualification
- Masters level qualification in dementia / older peoples care
- Mentorship Qualification
- Relevant teaching qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
