Registered Nurse

Somerleigh Court; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free/Onsite Parking

Paid Breaks

Career development opportunities

Company pension

Free Uniform and DBS

Job summary

Somerleigh Court is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to lead and support the care team in our Dorchester home. You will deliver compassionate nursing care and ensure residents receive person-centred support aligned with best practices.

We offer opportunities for development, ongoing training, and a supportive leadership team to help you progress in your career within the Welford Healthcare group. This role includes flexible shifts and paid breaks.

Qualifications

• Valid NMC registration as a nurse.
• Minimum 1 year of RN experience.
• Strong knowledge of CQC standards.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.
• Ability to lead a care team and coordinate care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care to residents.
• Lead and support care team in daily activities.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate individual care plans.
• Liaise with GPs and health professionals.
• Maintain accurate clinical records.

Skills

RGN Registration

Leadership

Clinical Nursing

Communication Skills

Education

NMC Registration

Tools

PCS System

Electronic Care Planning

Job description

Registered Nurse

Hours: (Days, Nights or Bank contracts available) – Paid Breaks

Location: Somerleigh Court, Somerleigh Road, Dorchester, DT1 1AQ

If you’re an experienced, compassionate nurse (RGN/RMN) looking to improve the lives of people with long-term care needs, we can offer you a rewarding career at Somerleigh Court.

We’re seeking a qualified registered nurse to lead and support our care team at the care home.

You’ll receive comprehensive training to help you adjust to nursing in a care home setting and ongoing development to help you progress your career.

Who We’re Looking For

• Valid RGN NMC Registration.
• Previous experience within a similar setting is desirable but not essential.
• A minimum of 1 year's experience as a Registered Nurse.
• A clear understanding of CQC standards/ legislation.
• Strong leader, highly clinically skilled, well organised, able to take the lead.
• Great written and verbal skills for communication and understanding.
• Previous experience of PCS and electronic care planning.
• Able to inspire, motivate and lead by example.
• Flexible approach to the rota to meet the needs of the home

Benefits

• Free/Onsite Parking
• Paid Breaks
• Brilliant opportunities for career development.
• Company pension.
• Free Uniform and DBS.

How You’ll Make a Difference

By providing the highest quality of nursing care, you’ll be helping to improve and sustain our residents’ quality of life. Leading and supporting a care team, you’ll:

• Provide high quality nursing care to our residents.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of residents, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated, involving residents and users.
• To promote the rights, interests, needs and choices of carers and people with dementia in the planning, delivery and evaluation of care and services.
• To liaise with GPs, case managers, primary health care practitioners, statutory and voluntary agencies, supporting our residents.
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to residents/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur.
• To maintain clinical records and provide verbal and written feedback appropriately and as required, to carers, and persons with dementia as appropriate, and referring agencies and professional colleagues.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely resident, workforce and resource data.
• To integrate into practice current knowledge of dementia and caring, informed by research and other forms of evidence.

About Us

Welford Healthcare was founded in 2017 with the goal of building a boutique collection of quality care homes across the UK. Our strategy is to grow our business by acquiring mature care homes with quality foundations and strong potential for improvement and by investing in our people and our properties to ensure our homes are always inviting and homely. Whilst we are a growing business, we never lose sight of our primary and enduring purpose which is to provide good quality care for vulnerable adults. As we acquire new homes, we leverage our resources and expertise to ensure that the homes we run always have our residents’ wellbeing at their hearts.

Our senior leadership team has extensive experience of operating, opening and acquiring quality care homes with proven track records in regulatory compliance and running commercially successful businesses where meeting the needs and ensuring the happiness of our residents and our teams are the cornerstones of our approach.

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