Charge Nurse

Barchester-Healthcare; Lasswade; Sur place; GBP 35 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Free learning and development

Retail and leisure discounts

Nurse Mentor bonus schemes

Refer a Friend bonus schemes

Résumé du poste

Barchester Care Centre is seeking a Charge Nurse to provide clinical leadership and mentorship across nursing and clinical practitioners. You will develop care plans, assess needs, and work with families to ensure dementia and complex-brain-injury patients receive compassionate, high-quality care.

You'll guide junior staff, supervise preceptees, and support investigations while maintaining dignity and respect for residents. A meaningful leadership role awaits in a trusted care setting.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a current NMC registration and supervision qualification.
• Experience in producing well-developed care plans and risk assessments.
• Up-to-date knowledge of DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines.
• Extensive nursing experience in a mental health setting, especially dementia care.
• Natural leader with a track record as a clinical mentor and preceptorship support.
• Dedicated and resilient, with a history of delivering improvements to quality care.

Responsabilités

• Provide clinical leadership to the care team and junior staff.
• Allocate key workers to patients and orientate new staff, mentoring them.
• Collaborate with families to assess needs and create care plans.
• Support investigations or complaints and uphold dignity and respect.
• Contribute to maintaining high standards of care across the unit.

Connaissances

Clinical leadership

Nursing supervision

Mentoring

Care planning

Formation

NMC registration

Supervision qualification

Description du poste

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Charge Nurse at a Barchester Care Centre, you'll use your compassion and experience to make sure our teams are delivering the quality care we're known for. We'll look to you to provide clinical leadership to everyone from junior nurses to clinical practitioners. You'll set an example by building meaningful relationships with our patients living with conditions such as dementia and brain injuries which cause a range of complex behaviours.
You'll assess each patient's physical, psychological and social needs and collaborate with their families to create care plans, as well as evaluate them against their changing needs. Day-to-day, we'll also rely on you to allocate key workers to patients, orientate new staff and mentor them to the highest standards of care. You can also expect to support our senior clinical staff and assist with investigations or complaints just one of the ways you'll make sure we're always treating our patients with dignity and respect. As a Charge Nurse, you'll make a real difference to the lives of your patients, their families and your team.

ABOUT YOU

To join us as a Charge Nurse you'll need to be a Registered Nurse with a current NMC registration and supervision qualification. Experience in producing well-developed care plans and risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge of recent clinical practices and regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. We'll also look for extensive nursing experience in a mental health setting, in particular caring for patients with dementia. You'll be a natural leader who has acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.

REWARDS PACKAGE

As well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

• Free learning and development
• A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
• Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes

If you'd like to use your clinical and leadership skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

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