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Registered Nurse
December 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse - The Hollies Care Centre, Dursley
Permanent
36 hours per week (including weekends and bank holidays) £19.80 per hour
£19.80/ hour, Weekend supplement of £1.00 ,Work over contracted hours paid an additional £3.50, Bank Holidays are paid at time and half.
Other benefits:
- Free private health insurance membership, with the option of paying for family member to join including children up to age 30, at heavily discounted rates. (a valuable benefit with ever lengthening NHS waiting lists)
- Free Life Insurance (worth 4 times annual salary).
- Free Critical Illness insurance.
- Full sick pay.
- Subsidised meals.
- Generous annual leave allowance (33 days per year, with additional loyalty days depending on length of service)
- Sage employee benefits offering a broad package of retail and gym membership discounts, free counselling and medical consultations.
- NMC professional fees paid.
- Assistance with professional revalidation.
- Ample and free car parking.
We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse, ideally with Care Home experience. You will be joining a committed and professional team, working in a modern purpose-built care home providing beautifully designed accommodation: spacious rooms, suites and living areas with pretty gardens.
The Hollies Care Centre, renowned for its excellence in nursing, dementia and residential care provides the ultimate in state-of the-art accommodation located in a beautiful park overlooking the town of Dursley on the edge of the Cotswolds. You will be working for one of the largest employers in Dursley. A great advantage of being a family run organisation is that we can offer competitive pay, generous benefits and training.
We're expanding and are also looking for enthusiastic and dedicated Carers, Care Assistants, Food Service Assistants and Housekeeping. Experience is not required for all roles.
Registered Nurse - About the Role
Supervisory:
To have responsibility for the management and allocation of duties to care and support staff (via the Head of Department or their senior) within the Home during the course of shift.
Communications with Others:
Excellent communication skills are imperative with the following groups of personnel:
- Management, Nursing Colleagues and Care Staff
- GPs, Social Services, Pharmacists, District nurses, OTs & SALT
- Residents and their families / next of kin and Advocates
- Internal functions: Catering, Housekeeping, Maintenance, Activities, Transport and Administration
- Other statutory service providers: The Regulator, Legal / Voluntary / Education representatives
Duties & Responsibilities:
Delivery of Care to Residents
- To lead a team of care staff that provides excellence in clinical practice, and ensures that residents' rights to privacy, dignity, choice, autonomy and safety are actively promoted at all times.
- To understand the value of and promote a stimulating and enriching environment conducive to the wellbeing of residents, for whom the Home is their long term place of residence i.e. their home.
- To demonstrate effective communication skills with residents, their families and being aware of opportunities for health education; providing information and advice where appropriate.
- To facilitate and engage in positive working relationships with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team, including hospitals and local agencies, acting as the resident's advocate where necessary to ensure the best outcomes.
- To ensure that accountability for and communication of resident's care is maintained consistently throughout the 24 hour period of care.
- To undertake, in partnership with the resident where ever possible, the assessment of their care needs and develop resultant care plans, evaluating programmes of care as necessary.
- To successfully oversee the discharge or transfer of care to hospital, other care home, home etc
- To actively supervise and monitor care practices, identifying and responding appropriately to the changing needs of residents to ensure that care needs are consistently met.
- To undertake all appropriate aspects of nursing care required, including advanced clinical skills having gained the appropriate training and supervision.
- To undertake all care procedures and practices in accordance with The Home Care Policies
- To be fully aware of all agreed emergency procedures and be prepared to take a lead role in any acute or non-clinical emergency, in the absence of more senior staff or until specialist assistance arrives.
- In the absence of a Senior Nurse or Home Manager, whilst on duty, to be responsible for the fabric and running of the Home, ensuring that there are sufficient staff to carry out all duties whilst ensuring the Home continues to provide a safe and secure environment for residents and staff alike, conducive to their general wellbeing.
- To demonstrate effective time management and leadership skills and work closely with the Senior Nurse / Manager to develop own managerial skills.
- To ensure procedures are correctly followed and accurate contemporaneous records of care documented and communicated effectively amongst the Care Team at all times.
- To participate in the induction, mentorship, teaching and supervision of nurses, care staff and student nurses to the Home / Unit to enhance learning and improve outcomes.
- To liaise with the relevant departments and agencies e.g. kitchen, estates, NHS Supplies, pharmacy supplier, ensuring that supplies are available and relevant to the needs of the Home / Unit and are used efficiently.
Clinical Governance
- To take responsibility for own professional development and act as an effective role model.
- To work according to the NMC Code of Conduct and all home Policies and adhere to them at all times.
- To ensure that your own NMC Registration is current.
- To ensure that all medications, including controlled drugs are ordered, stored, administered and disposed of in accordance with the Home's Medicines Policy, NMC and CQC guidance on drug administration.
- To discuss current performance and future development needs with Senior Nurse / Home Manager as part of the appraisal system.
- To keep up to date with relevant research and developments in practice, attending relevant study days / courses as identified through the appraisal process or as part of mandatory training.
- To maintain a professional portfolio
- To work with other Home staff to implement and participate in internal and external audits and other quality systems to maintain and continuously improve standards of care, through a culture of continuous quality improvement.
- Ensure all health and safety requirement are met and all accidents and incidents reported to the Home Manager and reported in accordance with the Home's Policy.
- To be responsible for own health and safety and that of anybody else whom your acts or omissions may affect.
General Requirements
In addition to the above, there are some general requirements that apply to all jobs in the Home:
- Take responsibility for the safeguarding of adults and follow the Home's whistle blowing policy as required.
- Participation in staff meetings
- Participation in training activities
- Participation in staff supervision and personal development review
- Participation in quality assurance systems
- Take responsibility for personal development by keeping abreast of developments in the field of caring for older people.
Health and Safety
To be responsible for your own health and safety and that of anybody else who may be affected by your acts or omissions.
All duties must be carried out to comply with:
- Notification of accidents and other health and safety requirements
- Statutory legislation in particular the health and hygiene regulations
- Nationally and locally agreed codes of good practice
- Fire precautions
- Equal opportunity and the Home's anti-discrimination policy
- NMC Code of Conduct
What we are looking for:
Education/Qualifications
- Must hold a current NMC PIN no restrictions
Experience
- Previous work base Older People - care home
- Previous level of experience - minimum 3 years
- Care planning and writing, ideally with audit experience
Skills Knowledge abilities
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Leadership skills, style - consultative but autocratic when required
- Organisation - can demonstrate value of Peer to Peer working
- Sensitivity to the needs of others, compassionate but firm if necessary
- Ability to teach or supervise
Personal attributes
- Flexibility
- Able to work efficiently under pressure (experience of stressful situations)
- Self-motivation (coping skills)
- Able to motivate others (techniques, evidence of gaining commitment)
- Commitment to high standards of care (GSF EOL)
- Good spoken language skills/writing (clarity and precision)
- Team worker/leader (delivering corrective re-training, Supervisions)
Other
- Awareness of policies and procedures (policy development)
- Health and safety issues (M&H, Syringe Drivers, Medications)
- Awareness of importance of quality within the home surroundings (audit scores)
To apply, please send a copy of your CV in confidence.
By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are acting as consultants for the hiring company. Ortolan People are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.