Staff Nurse - RGN/RMN - £21 an hour Sandbach, England
States Recruitment
Full Time
Sandbach, England
20 - 21 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description
Registered Nurse : (Ref # 250):
DAYS/NIGHTS SHIFT- Fulltime - Permanent
Salary: £20 - £21 per hour
LOCATIONS: Sandbach CW11.
Reporting to: Home Manager
About The Home:
A 40 bedded Nursing and Care Home is based in Sandbach CW11, caring for Dementia and Old Age.
Registered Nurse:
- To facilitate a high standard of care through written care plans for the residents as directed by the Matron.
- To be the Nurse in charge when on duty
- To contribute to the personal needs of the individual resident and ensure they enjoy a good quality of life by ensuring a friendly caring environment
- To ensure that residents retain their dignity, choice and individuality
- To help induct, train and supervise colleagues and junior members of staff in all aspects of their work at the Home
- To provide care for the terminally ill resident and perform last offices
- To be competent in the specific nursing skills required of your position and training
A Nurse Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the call bell system is answered as rapidly as possible, giving assistance if required
- To report any accidents/incidents immediately in the appropriate book
- To follow infection control guidance at all times ensuring you have adequate protective clothing such as gloves and aprons when required
- To ensure all charts in residents bedrooms are accurately recorded as required i.e. fluid, food and mouth care charts.
- To ensure the highest possible standards of care are maintained through your own efforts and those that have been delegated to care for them on a daily basis
- To ensure well organised and efficient care is given at all times
- To ensure that all aspects of their care needs, i.e. physical, emotional, spiritual and social are met
- To keep all records of care given in the residents care plan after each shift
- To delegate responsibilities clearly, courteously and collaboratively, as required, to ensure the highest standards of care are maintained
- To ensure full privacy and dignity is maintained for the dying and the bereaved
- To ensure that any appropriate resident is commenced on the Liverpool Care Pathway when confirmed by their doctor as per protocol
- To work with the Hospice care nurses to ensure that the dying receive the utmost care that we can provide
- To develop a relationship of trust and friendship with the residents and their families
- To promote independence when possible,
- To act as a Named Nurse to a group of residents to ensure continuality of care is maintained to the resident and their families
- To review your group of residents care plans on a monthly basis ensuring you have up-dated their care plans when necessary, ensuring that they have been weighed and observations have been checked such as blood pressure. Ensure that all risk assessments have also been up-dated
- Offer the resident and/or their relatives or relevant person an a care plan review on a 3,6, or 12 month basis whichever they prefer.
General:
- To attend and participate in staff meetings and attend all mandatory training when required
- To wear an identification badge at all times
- To promote and ensure the good reputation of the Home at all times.Health and Safety
- To ensure that you work in a safe environment in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
- To attend supervision and appraisals ensuring that you have prepared for these when required
- To attend any other training when a need has been identified
- To assist with domestic duties in the home including cooking cleaning and laundry when the need arises
- To communicate effectively with other staff, relatives and visitors including professional agencies regarding residents and work in a collaborative way
- To answer the door and telephone courteously and respond accordingly
- Make visitors feel welcome. Provide refreshments/assistance when required
- To undertake any enquiries for the home by filling out the appropriate form in a courteous manner
- To complete regulation 37 form when necessary
- To assist fully with any inspections the Home may have from the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate
- To report any faults/defects in the Home to the appropriate person or the Matron
- To be fully aware of the fire policy and the awareness of food hygiene regulations
- To ensure you are familiar with all current policies and procedures and understand your duty to comply and implement them when necessary
- Be prepared to undertake any aspects of care or non caring duties as requested
- To ensure that all communal areas are kept clean and tidy
- To ensure that residents rooms are adequately heated and/or ventilated and that they have appropriate clothes on for the time of year
- To wear uniform provided with flat sensible shoes at all times
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £20.00-£21.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Application question(s):
- How soon you can start?
- Are you happy with the commute?
Experience:
- Nursing home: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- NMC (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day shift (preferred)
- Night shift (preferred)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: 250
