The closing date is 09 September 2025
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum
Job summary
The Northern Care Alliance (NCA), in collaboration with Dementia UK, is looking to recruit a registered nurse (RNA, RNMH, RNLD) to join our developing Admiral Nurse Service.
Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who work with, and support, people living with dementia and their families who have complex needs. You will use your expert knowledge and skills to deliver a range of therapeutic interventions to support our patients living with dementia and their families. Alongside holding a clinical caseload, you will promote delivery of evidence-based dementia care in the acute hospital, through education of, and in collaboration with, your NCA colleagues and other care providers.
If you are a registered nurse with a passion for, and experience of, providing relationship-centred dementia care this could be the role for you, and we would love to hear from you!
As an Admiral Nurse at the NCA you will have protected time to access regular clinical supervision, and opportunities for continuing professional development, delivered by Dementia UK.
Main duties of the job
The service is operational Monday to Friday and the post holder will be predominantly based at Salford Royal Hospital. They will however work as part of an NCA wide dementia specialist service to support the continuous development of a positive care culture that improves the quality of relationship-centred dementia care and practice across the organisation. This willnecessitate occasional travel to other sites within the NCA.
The post holder will provide professional and clinical leadership and mentorship, acting as a clinical role model on the delivery of evidence-based practice in dementia care within the NCA. They will provide specialist dementia support whilst considering the diverse and complex needs of patients, carers and the workforce, in a manner consistent to the persons, culture and background.
The post holder will be responsible for independently planning and organising work both on a day-to-day basis and longer term. This will include caseload management, training schedules, meetings and auditing activity, amongst others.
The post holder will be expected to triage referrals and respond appropriately, using their clinical judgement and the acute hospital Admiral Nurse model to support decision making.
The post holder will also support the development and facilitation of education and training sessions to NCA staff at all levels, to improve understanding of dementia and delirium in accordance with national skills frameworks for dementia training.
Professional Registration
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse/RN1 or Registered Mental Health Nurse/RN3 or Registered Learning Disabilities/RN5
- Post-grad education or training relating to dementia or older adults
- Teaching qualification
Desirable
- Masters level qualification in dementia or older adults care subject
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration clinical experience of working with people living with dementia
- Experience of delivering evidence-based dementia care practice
- Experience of delivering and facilitating training
- Knowledge of relevant dementia related policy/national strategy
Desirable
- Experience of multiagency working
- Experience of managing care across transitions
- Experience of older persons medicine/palliative care
- Experience of audit/quality improvement work
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Effective communication skills
- Knowledge of person-centred/triadic relationship centred care
- Ability to challenge/influence change using a solution focused approach
- Ability to write/present for a range of audiences
Desirable
- Ability to provide supervision/support to team members
- Ability to collect and analyze data for service evaluation and development
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).