Dementia Practitioner (Admiral Nurse or Occupational Therapist) in Nottingham

Ashfield North PCN is looking for a compassionate and skilled Dementia Specialist to join our team. This unique role is open to either a Registered Nurse (RMN/RGN/RNLD) or a Registered Occupational Therapist (HCPC) with advanced experience in dementia care.

You will provide specialist expertise for people living with dementia and their families, supporting them from early diagnosis through to end of life. You will be based across our four practices with a patient population of more than 52,000 patients. This is a chance to shape how dementia care is delivered across our four practices and make a real difference to families who need thoughtful, skilled support.

Main duties of the job

• Carry out complex dementia assessments using nursing or OT frameworks.
• Support families with distressed behaviours, crisis prevention, wellbeing planning and carer strain.
• Develop personalised care plans and manage complex cases.
• Lead on dementia-related clinical advice for GPs and PCN colleagues.
• Support advance care planning, MCA/Best Interest discussions and end-of-life conversations.
• Deliver dementia training to PCN staff, care homes and partners.
• Contribute to dementia pathway development, audits and quality improvement work.

Who We’re Looking For

You will be a registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist with:

• Significant experience working with people with dementia and their carers.
• Strong assessment, formulation and risk management skills.
• Confidence working autonomously and within an MDT.
• Compassion, resilience and excellent communication skills.
• A commitment to high quality, person-centred dementia care.
• Experience delivering training, leading service development or providing psychosocial/functional interventions is desirable.

About us

PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solutions through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks.

Benefits of working for PICS

• NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
• Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
• A flexible approach to a work-life balance
• Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• All staff events and conferences
• Free parking across many sites
• Personalised induction into the company and job role

Job responsibilities

This role provides specialist dementia expertise within Ashfield North PCN. It is open to either a Registered Nurse (RMN/RGN/RNLD) with dementia specialism or a Registered Occupational Therapist (HCPC registered) with advanced clinical experience in dementia care.

The post holder will:

• Deliver specialist, relationship-centred dementia care.
• Support people with dementia and their families across the full dementia pathway from early diagnosis to end-of-life care.
• Provide expert assessment, complex case management, and evidence-based interventions.
• Offer clinical leadership, education, and support to PCN staff and system partners.
• Contribute to service development, pathways, and dementia strategy work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Duties (applies to both professional backgrounds)

• Provide advanced dementia-specific assessment using appropriate professional frameworks (e.g. Admiral Nurse Framework or OT functional assessment models).
• Manage complex dementia presentations, including distressed behaviours, carer strain, physical and mental health deterioration, and safeguarding concerns.
• Develop personalised care plans, including risk management, behaviour support strategies, and wellbeing-focused interventions.
• Act as a key worker for families with complex needs, coordinating care across primary care, mental health, social care, voluntary sector and urgent care.
• Support advance care planning, best interest decisions, and end-of-life conversations.
• Attend and contribute to MDT meetings and case discussions.
• Make appropriate referrals (e.g., MAS/YOD, secondary care, therapies, social care) within professional scope.
• Provide clinical advice to GPs, ANPs, social prescribers, and other PCN roles.

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.