Head of Consultant Admiral Nurse Services

Department: Consultant Admiral Nurse Team

Location: Remote – homeworking

Hours of work: 37.5 hours/week

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Salary: £60,000 – £65,000 per annum

Closing date: 29th January 2024 at 10.00am

Annual Leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)

Benefits:

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay
• Family friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS Pension
• Free health cashback plan (Medicash) employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• Free confidential employee assistance programme (Health Assured)
• Access to wellbeing app (healthy living tips and Bright TV )
• Flexible working options; including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours and more*
• Learning and development committed (bespoke training, LinkedIn Learning etc.)
• Employee health and wellbeing committed (menopause friendly, disability confident employer etc.)

Background

Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia; a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime – either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.

Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible for as long as possible.

About the role

Dementia UK is seeking a Head of Consultant Admiral Nurse Services to deliver leadership to our growing Consultant Admiral Nursing team, helping to provide expert clinical advice and support in specialist areas of dementia nursing.

As Head of Consultant Admiral Nurse Services, you will manage and develop the Consultant Admiral Nurse team. Your responsibilities will encompass day-to-day operational leadership in addition to overseeing the teams strategic growth. You will be responsible for budget management and people development, fostering a culture of continuous professional learning including planning how clinical education is shared and delivered to all Admiral Nurses.

Working closely with the Deputy Director of Clinical Delivery to ensure that the team functions well and meets its objectives, you will embed a culture of joint working, shared resourcing and wider team connection and support mechanisms. Your role will also entail maintaining clinical relevance in the field of dementia nursing, providing steadfast guidance to the Consultant Admiral Nurses within the team. Additionally, you will actively contribute to reporting on service development and quality within Dementia UK’s governance framework.

To be successful in this position, you will need to be a Registered Nurse on the NMC register educated to, or working towards a Master’s degree in a health and social care subject or equivalent qualification or experience. You will have extensive experience of nurse leadership in dementia care including leading specialist and advanced practitioners as well as experience of operational management of nursing services. You will be an expert practitioner with knowledge of dementia and therapeutic working with families and organisations and the ability to present the Consultant Admiral Nurse role nationally.

Our culture

In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to achieve their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone, we aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.

Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer. If you’d like support to make an application or to tell us you’re applying under the Disability Confident Scheme, contact [email protected]

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business need