Registered Nurse - Hammerson House (North London)

Hammerson House, Wohl Campus is a modern 116 bedded home near East Finchley Tube station, with residential, nursing, dementia, respite, and palliative care services.

The home offers a warm and comfortable environment, with personalised care that centralises the needs of the residents, with on-site therapists, dieticians, and a wealth of activities for residents to enjoy.

Hammerson House has been rated as Good this year by CQC.

About Nightingale Hammerson

Nightingale Hammerson is an independent charity and a leading specialist in the care of older people. We have served the Jewish community since 1840. We have two care homes, Nightingale House in Clapham and Hammerson House in East Finchley.

As a Registered Nurse at Nightingale Hammerson, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that the personal needs of our residents are met in a way that respects their dignity and promotes independence.

What will your typical day involve?

• Coordinating and undertaking the personal and nursing care of our residents in line with the Person & Relationship Centered Care model
• Leading, supporting, mentoring and developing our Health Care Assistants and Senior Health Care Assistants
• Lesioning with relatives and external agencies including attending residents' meetings
• Dealing with day-to-day management issues responding to roster changes, arranging cover, etc
• Accessing residents' physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs and ensuring care plans produced by supervised staff are effective
• Auditing, updating and reviewing care plans
• Supporting multidisciplinary meetings for each resident, at key points six weeks from admission, a change in condition and annually
• Supporting residents end of life care through the Gold Standard Framework (GSF)
• Assisting and supporting the Quality Assurance system
• Actively participating in education and reflective workshops and forums

Who are we looking for?

You will be a Registered General or Mental Health Nurse and ideally a specialisation in Dementia and End of Life Care.

You will have a track record of providing care services to older people with dementia and developing staff members.

You take pride in ensuring your work is always completed to a high standard and can maintain an organised environment. Often managing multiple requests at once, you’ll be comfortable multitasking, able to work on your own initiative unsupervised and where necessary working with other teams to ensure our residents are kept happy in their home.

You will have a cheerful, compassionate, respectful, and caring approach and good communication and interpersonal skills and the desire to make a positive contribution to the lives of others.

What is in it for you?

• Free pick up and drop service to East Finchley tube station
• A friendly, supportive, team working environment
• Highly competitive rates of pay
• Training & development opportunities
• 247.5 hours annual leave, increasing over time
• £150 Uniform Allowance
• £500 Refer a friend bonus scheme (T&C Applied)

Hours

37.5 hours a week on a rota, with a mixture of days, nights and weekends.

Salary Scale

From £41,376 per annum (37.5 hours)

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If you meet the above requirements, we’d love to hear from you!

It’s also very important to us that as well as meeting the job description, you can bring a wealth of experience and qualities that make you ideal for working with the elderly on a daily basis.

Values:
Embrace and embody our core values of Compassion, Respect, Excellence, Dignity, Integrity, and Teamwork.

Safeguarding

Our positions are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosures, which will be completed upon successful application. All applications will be handled individually, following our policy and organisational requirements.

Diversity

We champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and residents we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.