Night-Shift Registered Nurse: Impactful Elder Care

Skycare; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Night shifts available

28 days annual leave

Pension

Training and career development

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

SkyCare is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for our Southwell, NG25 home. The role offers 12-hour night shifts (8pm–8am) with a focus on compassionate, personalised care for older residents in a purpose-built 82-bed home.

You will assess needs, develop care plans, administer medications, and mentor junior staff within a supportive team. Benefits include enhanced holiday entitlement, pension, training, and development opportunities while you grow in a respectful, inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• An Registered General Nurse, with experience in a care home setting caring for older people.
• Hold a valid UK NMC PIN ( no restrictions )
• Ability to work on shift/rota pattern.
• Have the right to work in the UK
• Experience in a similar role
• Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills
• Ability to remain calm and composed in high-stress situations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Kind and caring approach with a passion for delivering the highest possible standard of care and support for the residents.
• You will have excellent communication skills.
• You will work well within the team, leading, supporting and training junior staff members,
• You will have previous experience in motivating the team.
• Clear DBS And 2 satisfactory references

Responsibilities

• Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.
• Administer nursing care to ill, injured, and long term service users.
• Be competent and confident in managing people with long term health conditions.
• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for service users with complex needs.
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for service users (as appropriate).
• Priorities health problems and intervene appropriately to assist service users in complex, urgent or emergency situations.
• Recognize and work within your own competence level
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of service user interaction and consultation.
• Support, manage and guide support workers on a daily basis.
• Continual personal development to develop oneself and the role.
• You will dispense and administer medication to residents as prescribed, accurately maintaining appropriate records
• You will carry out stock control and ordering of resident's prescribed medication and medical products

Skills

RN Clinical Skills

NMC PIN

Team leadership

Communication

Care planning

Emergency care

Education

UK Nursing Qualification

Job description

SkyCare is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for our Southwell, NG25 home. The role offers 12-hour night shifts (8pm–8am) with a focus on compassionate, personalised care for older residents in a purpose-built 82-bed home.

You will assess needs, develop care plans, administer medications, and mentor junior staff within a supportive team. Benefits include enhanced holiday entitlement, pension, training, and development opportunities while you grow in a respectful, inclusive environment.