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Role Details

Job Title:

Registered Nurse

Reports to:

Deputy Manager

Job Overview: (Note - In addition to these functions, employees are required to carry out such duties as may reasonably be required)

• To positively support the Manager and Deputy Manager in providing leadership to the care staff within the service
• To maintain skills at a current level and undertake such training and development as may, from time-to-time, be required to maintain that currency of practice
• To manage the service in accordance with standards agreed with the Registered Manager, Registered Provider, legislative requirements, relevant regulations, in line with accepted best practice and within the financial plans agreed, from time-to-time, with the Registered Provider

Location:

The service premises, but you may be required to work from other locations at the discretion of the company and with appropriate notice.

Working Hours:

12 hour shifts, 33 or 44 hours over a 7-day period, as agreed with the manager.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

Role-specific Duties:

The Registered Nurse’s responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Administer medication as required
• Ensure that service users are at the heart of the care delivery and their wishes and preferences enhance their wellbeing
• Undertake the care planning activities for service users to meet changing physical, psychological and social needs, taking into consideration privacy, dignity, personal choice and informed consent
• Ensure care plans are developed in collaboration with service users, their families and friends (where appropriate) and members of the multidisciplinary team
• Undertake all aspects of medicine management in line with legal, professional and regulatory requirements
• Complete supervisions with junior staff
• Support with quality and governance procedures
• Highlight and action safeguarding procedures as appropriate
• Liaise with external professionals, complete referrals
• Have adequate understanding and working knowledge of computer systems, knowledge of PCS desirable but not essential
• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals supported by the service

Working with Others:

• Develop effective working relationships with all employees within the service
• Work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users in the service

Other Duties:

Other duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any (or all) of the items in the following list:

• Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Work within the NMC Code of Conduct
• To provide leadership to the care and nursing functions of the service
• To provide nursing care in accordance with current best practice, according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations under the direction of the Manager and within the financial plans agreed from time-to-time

Personal and Professional Development:

• Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by management
• Be registered with the NMC and work within the Code of Conduct
• To comply with NMC requirements for revalidation every three years; this will require (among other measures) obtaining practice-based feedback, reflective discussions, written self-reflections on practice, and obtaining confirming evidence of continued adherence to the NMC codes of practice from a health care professional, normally the line manager

Person Specification

Good English - written and verbal

Registered with relevant body, e.g. NMC

Maintain PDP, attending workshops commensurate with the role to develop and maintain best practice

Maintain all care plans/care records in accordance with the service’s policy and audit care records following company policy to ensure compliance

Registered Nurses need to be able to adapt and address situations quickly

Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and wellbeing

Recognise and report situations where there might be a need for protection

Promote the effective resolution of team conflicts

Ensure there are always adequate staff with the necessary skills on duty

Share in the development of the strategic plans of the service

Conduct mock inspections of the service and action plan the shortfalls identified

Supervise and communicate effectively with staff to ensure that shifts run smoothly, making sure all work is carried out in an organised and efficient manner, taking into consideration peoples’ preferences

Liaise appropriately with all visitors and callers to the service

Undertaking and undergoing formal supervision

Be able to work well as part of a team and independently

Be able to work calm under pressure and meet deadlines

Be able to work with compassion and empathy towards residents and relatives

Be able to work in an open and honest manner at all times

Experience of working with service users, in particular, those that may have additional support needs

Working Together

• Involve Service Users, families, external agencies and colleagues
• Speak up when things go wrong

Respect and Dignity

• Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices
• Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk taking

Everybody Counts

• Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded
• Understand human rights and impact on care delivery
• Facilitating people to ‘speak up’ about concerns and acting upon them

Commitment to Quality of Care

• Striving for quality in everything we do, recognising and understanding what quality in care means for people using the services
• Being accepting about criticism and focusing on improvement
• Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge

Compassion

• Treating people with kindness
• Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of employment
• Understanding the values of others and always providing a caring service

Improving Lives

• Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas
• Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to people using the service
• Improving outcomes for people
• Ensuring appropriate services are provided for people using the services

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £22.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 38.5 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Experience:

• Nursing: 2 years (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• NMC (required)
• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person