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Welford Healthcare Ltd; Sidmouth; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Welford Healthcare Ltd in Sidmouth is seeking a registered nurse to provide clinical care and manage shifts within our care home. You will ensure residents receive full nursing assessments, develop holistic care plans, and act as named nurse for assigned residents, upholding their dignity at all times.

You will supervise staff, monitor records, communicate with families and GPs, and maintain medicines safety, infection control, and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing assessments and care plans for residents
• Monitor and guide personal care, ensuring dignity and independence
• Communicate with relatives, GPs, and multi-disciplinary teams
• Model professional conduct; mentor care staff
• Safely administer medicines and secure drugs per policy
• Ensure infection control and prevention measures are followed
• Maintain hygienic, safe, and comfortable resident areas
• Coordinate admissions, discharges, or transfers and safekeeping of resident property
• Keep accurate records and timely reviews per standards
• Identify omissions or errors in records and address them
• Supervise and motivate staff; contribute to training
• Ensure staff work within NMC Code and Practice
• Liaise with day and night colleagues
• Participate in meetings with Nurse Manager
• Keep up-to-date with training and professional development
• Fulfil revalidation and conduct requirements
• Follow Health & Safety, COSHH, and Moving & Handling policies
• Report accidents, incidents, and complaints promptly
• Help ensure security of residents and the home
• Perform other reasonable duties as required

Job description

• Main Duties: The following list of duties serves as an illustration and is not exhaustive Clinical care and shift management
• 1. Ensuring all residents have full nursing assessments and a holistic, individual person-centred care plan which takes into account the individual's preferences and preserves their dignity at all times. Be named nurse to allocated residents.
• 2. Upholding and monitoring standards of resident personal care through staff guidance, supervision and review of communications, ensuring care plans are regularly evaluated.
• 3. Communicating with residents’ relatives, GP and other agencies and multi-disciplinary teams, keeping them informed of any changes in the residents’ condition.
• 4. Role modelling; always acting in a professional manner, leading by example, passing on knowledge to the team as appropriate.
• 5. Responsible for the safe custody of drugs and their administration in accordance with the NMC Statement on the Administration of Medicines and Company policy.
• 6. Ensuring your practice is compliant with infection control and prevention measures.
• 7. Ensuring all resident areas are hygienic, safe and comfortable at all times.
• 8. Organising the admission, discharge or transfer of residents and ensuring attention is paid to the safe custody of residents’ property. Record keeping
• 9. Maintain accurate and timely records and reviews in accordance with best clinical practice, Company policies and NMC's standards on Record Keeping.
• 10. Flag up any apparent omissions or errors in record keeping through careful observation and professional transparency. Supervising and Mentorship
• 11. Supervising and motivating the care staff and participating in their general training, development and their training for professional qualification. Promoting a positive culture where individuals are supported to achieve their best. Positive role modelling.
• 12. Ensuring trained staff work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice.
• 13. Liaising with and supporting day and night colleagues.
• 14. Participating in meetings with the Nurse Manager and consulting with them and updating them as appropriate. Training and Development
• 15. Keeping your own training up to date; undertaking training and assessment including all update training as required to enable you to safely and legally carry out your duties.
• 16. Fulfilling revalidation requirements and the NMC’s Professional Conduct requirements. Keeping professionally updated and aware of developments in nursing practice, theory and research. Compliance
• 17. Taking personal responsibility in becoming fully aware of Health & Safety at Work Policies in particular Fire Procedures, Control of Infection, COSHH and Moving and Handling Policies.
• 18. Aware of all regulations regarding the health and safety of residents and staff and reporting and recording all accidents, incidents and complaints.
• 19. Assisting in ensuring the security of all residents and the premises through the observance of security procedures and the challenging of any strangers in the Home.
• 20. Other reasonable duties as may be required in the proper course of your job.