Career Opportunity
Job Title: RGN - Old Gates Care Home, Feniscowles, Blackburn
Reports to: Manager
Schedule: 48 hours per week, night shift
Pay - £22.00
We Care Group are a family owned company. Founded on the tradition of healthcare excellence, we bring a combination of the highest quality health care services and experienced, compassionate and dedicated staff to all of our nursing and care homes
We offer a warm, supportive and uplifting environment, where our residents are able to maintain their own individuality and feel at home. We take pride in being both small enough to care and large enough to be able to care. After all, we believe in ‘caring for our loved ones, like they cared for us!’
About you
You will need to have current NMC registration and a good knowledge of the most up-to-date clinical practices to join us as a Registered Nurse (RGN). Experience of producing well-developed care plans and detailed risk assessments is important too, as is an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. Dedicated and compassionate, you’ll pride yourself on your person-centred, thoughtful approach to nursing.
Job Overview
Nursing in a care home is challenging but very much a rewarding role. You will be ultimately taking responsibility of the care and wellbeing of our residents which includes making sure their physical, emotional and social needs are met but also leading, motivating and mentoring your team of carers whilst delivering clinical guidance and coaching. Providing clinical leadership will ensure smooth, safe and efficient running of the care home. Being able to promote all our residents’ independence, dignity and choice is an extremely important to us and this will come naturally to you. Maintaining accurate records is very important and you will have an eye for detail to enable if any problems arise you are well equipped and ready to deal with this. You will have a strong professional judgement and will be able to make critical clinical decisions and will provide medicine safely and delivering excellence across everything you do. As a Registered Nurse (RGN), you’ll have the autonomy to do things the right way – and be truly valued and respected for what you do.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Job
- Ensure 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 family, and friends (where appropriate) and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Undertake all aspects of medicine management in line with legal, professional, and regulatory requirements.
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals they support
- Work within the NMC Code of Conduct Act as a mentor to others and help to build strong team relationships.
- Update and monitor care plans, reviewing them as and when required
- Demonstrate strong clinical skills
- Ensuring that all documentation is compliant with NMC guidelines and legislation.
- Liaise with other healthcare professionals
- 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 Responsibilities
Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by the management
(Note: In addition to these functions employees are required to carry out such duties as may reasonably be required)
Company Benefits
- Quarterly Bonus
- Cover the cost of the DBS
- Uniform provided (company branded tunic x 2)
- Company Events (such as Care Awards)
- Buddy System (receive £200 upon your buddy successfully completing their probation period)
- Employee of the month (£100)
- On site parking
Pay: £22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you require sponsorship?
Experience:
- Nursing: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
