Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse experienced in Dementia care to join a collaboration between Dementia UK and Gateshead Health as an Acute Admiral Nurse Team.  

The team provide support, advice, guidance and training to clinicians to enable them to provide the right care and interventions to patients who have been admitted for treatment of their physical health with a diagnosis of Dementia.  The team also provide support to families and carers, and will support with assessments of patients.  The team work closely with the Community Admiral Nurses to ensure smooth transitions for patients with Dementia.  

This role is fixed term for a period of 12 months and is specifically to support with improving Tier 1 and Tier 2 Dementia awareness training across the Trust.  It is therefore important that the right candidate has significant experience and interest in Dementia care, and has experience in delivering training.  

This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate. 

Main duties of the job

The Admiral Nurse will support, deliver and coordinate relationship-centred dementia care within Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust in order to improve the experience of carers/families affected by dementia with complex needs.

In line with the Admiral Nurse Competency framework at a specialist level, the post holder will provide:

1. Specialist bio-psychosocial assessment and support for people with dementia, and families with complex needs
2.  Facilitation of education and training for staff in the delivery of evidence-based dementia care
3. Support with policy development and quality improvements in relation to dementia care
4. Consultancy to other health and social care professionals regarding dementia
5. Work together with families to provide support, expert guidance & practical solutions.

Working for our organisation

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.