Admiral Nurse

Admiral Nurse

The closing date is 15 March 2026

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

• Specialist bio‑psychosocial assessment and support for people with dementia and families with complex needs.
• Facilitation of education and training for staff in the delivery of evidence‑based dementia care.
• Support with policy development and quality improvements in relation to dementia care.
• Consultancy to other health and social care professionals regarding dementia clinical practice.
• Advise on the care of people with dementia and their carers/families with complex care needs from peri‑diagnosis to post‑bereavement support.
• Provide specialist nursing assessment, using the Admiral Nurse Assessment Framework for carers/families affected by dementia.
• Provide a range of bio‑psychosocial interventions to promote health and wellbeing for people with dementia and their carers/families.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals to improve the identification and management of comorbidities and frailty for people with dementia and their carers/families.
• Develop and support care plans for people with dementia and families, including positive risk management.
• Support people with dementia, carers/families and staff to understand and respond to changes in behaviour and relationships as a result of dementia.
• Provide care coordination for a clinical caseload of families with complex needs as identified within triage assessment in clinics or via home visit if required.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services.
• Specialist learning disability services.
• Mental health services for children and young people.
• Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley.

• Education & Support:
  Facilitate and support the development and delivery of innovative dementia training and education to staff, to improve competence and confidence, in line with best practice and guidance.
• Participate in and/or support formal training events promoting best practice in end‑of‑life dementia care and disseminating Admiral Nursing work.
• Provide mentorship, offer clinical expertise and act as a role model on the delivery of evidence‑based practice in dementia care within Black Country Healthcare NHS foundation Trust.
• Support the development and delivery of work streams as part of Black Country Healthcare NHS foundation Trust, dementia strategy, where appropriate.
• Work proactively with key local and national stakeholders to support integrated care pathways and holistic models of care, through dissemination of specialist skills and knowledge.
• Support delivery of local policy and procedures for Black Country Healthcare NHS foundation Trust to improve identification, assessment, ongoing support for people with dementia and their family carers.
• Evaluation and Audit:
  Support the audit and evaluation of quality improvements and initiatives aimed at improving the delivery of dementia care within Black Country Healthcare NHS foundation Trust, where appropriate to the role.
• Collect quantitative and qualitative data to support the evaluation and audit of the Admiral Nurse Service.
• Ensure information and data recorded is relevant, accurate, complete and captured in a contemporaneous manner.

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.