Job description
NEW NEW NEW
We have a new vacancy for a charge nurse in an incredible, excellent rated purpose built elderly nursing home in Cramond.
Just some of the benefits include:
- Uniform laundered daily!
- Excellent training and ongoing development
- Pension
- Career progression opportunities
- Career progression and support with re-validation
- DBS PAID
- Annual NMC fee paid
- Annual leave
£24.00 per hour £24.50 after probation and competency sign off
Main Duties
- Observe Policies & procedures at all times
- Take responsibility for ensuring personal immunisation programme is up to date.
- Support & manage staff within the unit ensuring that resident’s needs are assessed, care planned, implemented & evaluated, & that there is consultation & involvement of residents & agreed family/others.
- Responsible for ensuring the highest quality of care to residents & their families by implementing policies & ensuring staff adhere to policies & approved process
- Oversee and conduct monthly clinical audits according to a monthly schedule and ensure all actions are completed/implemented
- Manage the unit team on a daily basis including induction and onboarding, performance management, 1 st line absence management
- Lead, motivate, develop & retain the team utilising mentorship, objective setting and enabling educational needs of team to be met
- Oversee evaluation of care plans accordingly to the schedule
- 6 month reviews are conducted in a timely manner as per schedule
- Contribute to, and support, the provision of clinical practice for pre-registration students, & appropriate post – registration nurses to fulfil requirements and ensure that appropriate educational opportunities are provided
- To effectively and efficiently manage the use of resources ensuring that appropriate skill mix is maintained at all times.
- Ensure ongoing personal development needs and professional education.
- Be aware of current research within Care of the Elderly & Palliative care & disseminate research based evidence within units.
- Responsible for maintaining resident’s records within agreed standards.
- Ability to organise own work load with regard to assessing resident’s needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of a plan of care which is evidenced based utilising all available resources taking into consideration the lifestyle, gender, and cultural background and ensuring involvement of resident, family, and significant others if this is desired by the resident
If you have any questions please call 0203 137 6570
INDCF
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Salary: £24.00-£24.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
Experience:
- uk nursing: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- NMC pin (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person