Job summary

Are you an experienced Dementia Specialist Nurse ready to take the next step into clinical leadership and help shape outstanding dementia, frailty, palliative and end-of-life care? This is an opportunity to combine direct clinical impact with the chance to lead change, develop others and shape the future of dementia and frailty care within a specialist hospice environment.

Main duties of the job

As our Admiral Nurse Clinical Lead, you will combine specialist clinical practice with leadership, education and service development, helping to improve the experience of palliative and end-of-life care for patients and families.

Details

• Date posted: 04 November 2026
• Closing date: 25 November 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: WEBREC1000597
• Job locations: Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 2LE, Winsley, BA15 2LE, United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

ADMIRAL NURSE CLINICAL LEAD | Band 7 | £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata)

Part Time: Working 30 hours per week over 4 days Location: Based at our Hospice in Winsley, Wiltshire, with community working across our catchment area. (Hybrid working available).

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work. Some of our benefits include:

27 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days and then 33 days with length of service

Excellent industry leading training with a focus on career development!

Pension with Life Assurance

Colleague discount across our 30 retail stores

55p per mile for work travel

Mindful Employer Plus Charter - supporting our colleagues with access to impartial, confidential advice when you need it most

WHAT WILL THE ROLE INVOLVE?

As our Admiral Nurse Clinical Lead, you will combine specialist clinical practice with leadership, education and service development, helping to improve the experience of palliative and end-of-life care for patients and families.

Providing clinical leadership in evidence-based palliative and end-of-life care for people affected by dementia and frailty

Delivering specialist biopsychosocial assessments and interventions for people with complex needs

Supporting advance care planning, complex decision-making, impending loss and end-of-life conversations

Providing specialist dementia and frailty advice to health and social care professionals

Developing and delivering education that builds colleagues' confidence and capability

Leading quality improvement, policy development and evaluation across dementia and frailty care

Developing integrated pathways with health, social care and voluntary sector partners

Leading and developing the Admiral Nurse service and using evidence, audit and data to drive improvement

See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

ABOUT YOU

We're looking for an experienced Registered Nurse who combines specialist dementia knowledge with compassionate clinical leadership and the confidence to influence care beyond their own caseload.

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application!

To support your application, we strongly recommend completing the Dementia UK Pre-Admiral Nurse e-learning module. The link is available within the roles job description, found on our careers page.

Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

INTERVIEWS

Interviews for this role will be aimed to be held early to mid-December.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• * Registered Nurse (Adult, Mental Health or Learning Disability) with current NMC registration + significant post-registration experience supporting people with dementia and their families (including complex needs, frailty, palliative care or multiple long-term conditions)
• * Evidence of continued professional development in dementia, frailty, palliative care or advanced practice
• * Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle

Desirable

• * Relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g. Dementia care, frailty palliative care, advanced clinical practice)
• * Independent Prescriber qualification, or willingness to work towards advanced clinical practice development

Experience

Essential

• * Experience leading complex assessments, care planning and clinical decision-making
• * Experience leading service improvement, quality improvement, practice development or change initiatives
• * Experience providing clinical leadership and specialist advice to multidisciplinary teams or partner organisations
• * Experience developing and delivering education, coaching or training
• * Excellent partnership-working skills with the ability to influence across professional and organisational boundaries

Desirable

• * Experience leading or managing staff, students, volunteers or clinical placements
• * Experience representing services within system, regional or strategic partnership groups

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

About us

At Dorothy House Hospice Care, we want people affected by dementia and frailty to receive compassionate, expert care that recognises what matters to them and those closest to them. Working in partnership with Dementia UK, you will provide expert dementia nursing practice, support complex clinical decision-making and help colleagues build their confidence and capability in dementia and frailty care.

Employer details

• Employer name: Dorothy House Hospice
• Address: Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 2LE, Winsley, BA15 2LE, United Kingdom
• Employer's website: https://www.dorothyhouse.org.uk