Registered Nurse

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Location: South West London, Surbiton

Salary: £38,854 – £43,519 per annum

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

We are a charity providing loving, compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia. We put residents’ needs first and provide the very best care and support. Our Surbiton Home is rated ‘good’ by CQC.

It takes a very special person to be a Registered Nurse in our Home.

You’ll be caring for residents with complex care needs for a much longer time than you would get the chance to in other settings. You will also have the opportunity to use a variety of nursing skills and to use your professional judgement and make sound clinical decisions.

Working Patterns:

We have day and night roles available,

• 42 hours per week – Nights (£43,519 per annum)
• 37.5hrs / 3 long days per week – Days (£38,854 per annum)

The Role:

• Provision of the highest quality of care and service to residents in accordance with our Care Strategy
• Deliver effective staff leadership of staff on shift
• Support the Lead Nurses in the planning, implementing, monitoring and auditing of care

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Provide effective nursing care and clinical interventions to promote and maintain the health and well-being of residents at all times
• Effectively manage the shift ensuring all residents receive the highest standards of physical and emotional care and that this is documented in accordance with their care plan, our policies and relevant legislation
• Create and manage person centred care plans and risk assessments
• Act as a role model by working alongside Health Care Assistants and promoting best practice
• Manage assigned care staff ensuring all processes and practices are carried out to a high standard, including but not limited to, supervision, appraisal, absence management
• Oversee the administration of medication mentoring care staff to ensure competence at all levels
• Champion a professional, open, values-based culture that empowers staff to deliver high quality care
• Effectively engage with visiting professionals advocating for our residents when required
• Proactively engage in the wider management of the Home for example ensuring residents are able to engage in any and all activities as they wish, driving a culture of cost-consciousness and, stock management
• Undertake audits as identified within the clinical governance agenda and implement action plans to drive best practice
• Reporting incidents via the electronic system, ensuring a proactive approach to managing the incident and sharing the learning from this
• Work in partnership with residents and their families to ensure effective clinical treatment and well-being approaches are delivered
• Adherence to all legislation, professional codes and policies including, but not limited to, The NMC ‘The Code’, Health & Safety legislation, GDPR and all charity policies
• Maintain a high degree of confidentiality at all times
• Any other duties that may be reasonably required in line with your role as requested

Key Relationships:

• Home Manager
• Care Manager / Dementia Care Manager
• Lead Nurse(s)
• Visiting Professionals

The Candidate:

• Excellent at building positive relationships with colleagues
• Demonstrate warmth, compassion and understanding of older people with disabilities and physical care needs and, those living with dementia
• Adaptable and innovative with drive and passion to introduce new ideas and in a way that takes colleagues with you
• A commitment to personal and professional development
• Committed to our mission, values and to enabling outstanding care for the veteran community

Essential Experience:

• A Registered General Nurse (RGN) or a Registered Nurse – Learning Disability (RN-LD) or a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
• Confident in using IT systems and supporting others to do the same

Desirable experience:

• Experience of and genuine desire to work in nursing and care of older people/ dementia care
• Previous experience of managing teams of Health Care Assistants

Benefits:

• 2-weeks fixed rota
• Over time paid at time-and-quarter
• Equivalent of 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
• Employer Pension Contribution of 7.5% with matching Employee contribution Employee contribution of 5%
• Life insurance of 3x salary (until age 70)
• 2 months full occupational sick pay, 1 month half pay before statutory sick pay
• Access to appropriate professional bodies and payment of membership fees after 6 months of employment
• Learning and development – fully funded opportunities to support you in your role

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Qualified Nurse, Registered Nurse, Advanced practice registered nurses, RN, LPN, APRN may also be considered for this role.