Admiral Nurse

Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse who is passionate about providing relationship-centred dementia care, in order to improve the lives of those affected by dementia?, Admiral Nurses are Registered Mental Health Nurses whose hallmark is their specialism in dementia care. They work alongside family carers and people living with dementia, in varied community settings.

Working collaboratively with other professionals and agencies, Admiral Nurses seek to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia and their carers. They use a range of interventions that help people live positively with the condition and develop skills to improve communication and maintain relationships.

There will be a mandatory requirement to study for and successfully complete the relevant post-graduate course for the successful candidate.

This post provides an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative practitioner. You will develop your nursing practice within a community setting and build upon your experience of working in an expanding area of mental health nursing. You will need to be able to work autonomously as well as within a team.

The service operates Monday Friday 09:00 17:00 and the working pattern for the successful candidate will be discussed at interview.

Full UK driving license and use of own car is essential.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to work within the Kirklees Admiral Nurse team on a part-time basis (23.5 hours per week).

The successful applicant will be employed by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, but the Admiral Nurse model and name is the brand of charity Dementia UK and as such we work in partnership with them.

The charity supports the provision of specialist dementia care for family, carers and people with a dementia and has devised the concept of Admiral Nursing for this purpose. It supports the development of Admiral Nurses by providing access to professional and practice development, clinical supervision and a competency framework to promote and maintain excellent standards and specialist skills., We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.