Registered Nurse

Millennium Staffing Limited; Bedford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is seeking a qualified nurse in Bedford, UK. Responsibilities include providing direct nursing care, administering medications, and ensuring the well-being of service users. Candidates must be registered with the NMC and have at least 1 year of nursing experience. This position entails working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and may require flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 years' experience in a nursing role.
• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Good physical health and fitness.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-standard nursing care to service users.
• Continuously evaluating the quality of care given.
• Administering and ordering medicines per policies.
• Engaging in nurse care planning and implementation.
• Providing support and supervision to care staff.

Skills

Compassion

Excellent communication skills

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Providing a high standard of direct nursing care to service users, based on the assessment of care needs and in consultation with the service users, their relatives and the care team.
• Assuming responsibility for the nursing services provided by Millennium Staffing Limited.
• Continuously evaluating the quality of care given, and regularly reassessing the needs of service users in consultation with the service users, their relatives and the care team, and to effect change required to achieve planned goals.
• Ensuring that service users are always well safeguarded from abuse and neglect and that safeguarding policies are fully implemented alongside those on health and safety and infection control.
• Administering and ordering medicines as required by service users and Millennium Staffing Limited's policies and procedures.
• Liaising with service users’ GPs and other healthcare professionals involved such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists, community nurses, etc.
• Engaging in nurse care planning and implementation of Care Plans.
• Working within the NMC codes of conduct and Scope of Practice and within the service's policies and procedures.
• Continuously reviewing their own nursing practices to develop new skills and knowledge through continuous professional development training that contributes to the enhancement of care skills.
• Working closely with other members of the care team, ensuring that effective, high-quality care is given, to achieve planned goals.
• Providing support and professional supervision to care staff and nursing assistants as appropriate.
• Attending and participating in relevant staff meetings.
• Making effective and efficient use of all Millennium Staffing Limited's resources.
• Working in partnership with service users’ loved ones and representatives in planning, implementing and reviewing Care Plans.
• Enabling service users to receive appropriate religious, cultural, emotional and psychological support.
• Engaging in occasional 24-hour shift work if necessary.
• Assisting and caring for others: providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, clients, or patients.
• Documenting and recording information: entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• Getting information: observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Updating and using relevant knowledge: keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Organising, planning, and prioritizing work and developing specific goals and plans to prioritise, organise, and accomplish your work.
• Identifying objects, actions, and events: categorising, estimating, recognising differences or similarities between information, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Key Qualities

• Minimum 1 years' experience in a nursing role
• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Good physical health and fitness;
• Caring, compassionate nature;