Registered Nurse (Bank)

Job description

We are looking for people to make a difference to residents’ lives every day. When you join Gray Care Group, you’ll be joining a team who share the same values: caring, compassion and teamwork. You’ll have a strong desire to help people and put residents at the heart of everything you do.

We are committed to recruiting diverse, talented people, who share our passion for helping others. We see the potential in everyone, let us help fulfil yours.

Gray Care Group is a provider of nursing and dementia care services to clients.

Purpose of the job:

To be responsible and accountable for providing the highest standards of nursing, clinical and personal support, while promoting independence and choice, to the people we support. Directly lead and supervise a team of support staff as required at the respective service, ensure the smooth and efficient management of the respective shift by assessing, prioritising, planning, delegating and monitoring work activities of the support team.

To ensure that all safeguarding responsibilities are implemented in line with the organisations safeguarding and whistleblowing policies and procedures.

Key responsibilities

• To be accountable for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating person centred plans for people we support, consulting with and involving the individual, as well as relevant others (e.g. family, support staff, health and social care professionals) where appropriate.
• To contribute to the ongoing assessment of people we support, including assessment of new people, observing any change in their health and well-being and ensuring this is managed and recorded in an appropriate and timely way.
• To be responsible for nursing support, ensuring that peoples nursing needs are recorded to a high professional standard and to record all information in accordance with the organisations procedures and NMC guidelines.
• To be responsible for the ordering, safe storage and administration of medicines.
• To support people with their physical care, personal hygiene needs and daily life tasks and skills as required by their person-centred plan (PCP), ensuring that their independence is preserved and developed as far as possible and affording appropriate levels of privacy and dignity.
• To support and facilitate communication with their relatives, friends, professionals and other members of staff, in order to ensure the continuity of quality and safety in the provision of support.
• To be responsible for developing and sustaining own continuing professional development (knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness) in line with the NMC revalidation and the organisations processes.
• To comply with the organisations and any local safeguarding and mental capacity act (MCA) policies and procedures.
• To support the manager to maintain a culture within the service where people’s rights are respected and that they are protected from all forms of harm, abuse, and neglect, through strong and positive leadership.
• To support the manager to fully implement the organisations safeguarding and whistleblowing policies, ensuring the staff team know them, know where to find them and that they follow them.
• To positively support the Deputy Manager/Clinical Lead 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

Person specification Essential requirements

• To be a Registered Nurse, holding current registration with NMC.
• Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at the level of a qualified nurse (level 5), being able to demonstrate
• Effective nursing practice in all basic Registered Nurse procedures.
• Understanding of the NMC code of conduct and relevant practice standards and guidance.
• To have experience of providing direct personal and social support.

Our Values:

· To deliver outstanding care.

· To be transparent.

· To ensure our Homes provide the highest quality range of facilities and activities.

· To cater for all the individual preferences of all our Residents.

· To continue to invest in our environments, our infrastructure and our people.

· To engage and integrate into our local communities.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note: we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Part-time or full time hours: 36

Experience:

• Nursing: 3 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NMC Pin Essential

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Job Type: Zero hours contract

Pay: £22.00 per hour

Expected hours: 12 – 36 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Night shift

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (required)
• Care home: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• NMC (required)

Work Location: In person