Registered Nurse

Bupa; Waterford; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid breaks

Welcome bonus

Job summary

Bupa Brunswick Court in Watford is seeking a Registered Nurse (Days) to join our care home team. You will support residents' physical, emotional and social needs, administer medication, and contribute to individual care plans during a 48-hour week on four 12-hour shifts.

A valid NMC pin and care-home experience are essential. We offer a £1,000 welcome bonus, paid breaks and a range of benefits including holiday entitlement and pension options to help you deliver high-quality, person-centred care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a valid NMC pin and care-home experience is essential.
• Experience overseeing care, administering medications, and developing care plans.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for residents' well-being across physical, emotional and social needs.
• Coach and guide the care team; deliver best practice and ensure safe care.
• Monitor and update care plans; handover to health care professionals as needed.

Skills

NMC pin

Clinical nursing

Care planning

Team coaching

Communication

Job description

Job title: Registered Nurse (Days Contract) Location: Bupa Brunswick Court - 62 Stratford Rd, Watford WD17 4JB Salary: £21.93 - £24.22 Per Hour Dependant on experience. Contract: 4x 12 Hour Shifts Per Week (48 Hours Contract) Paid breaks & £1,000 Welcome Bonus Care Home Experience Essential

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. You know how important it is to be passionate about caring. It's what drives you. As a highly respected member of our amazing team, you'll play a pivotal role.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Taking responsibility for the well-being of our residents and making sure their physical, emotional and social needs are met
• Coaching and guiding the team, providing formal and informal teaching programmes for colleagues and other care professionals
• Carrying out assessments and developing, implementing and evaluating individualised care plans for each of our residents
• Monitoring work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and conform to the relevant standards, policies and legislation

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• As a Registered Nurse, with a valid NMC pin, you'll be responsible for managing the unit alongside clinical duties in the home. This includes oversight of care, administering and ordering medication, reviewing and evaluating individual care plans, and providing clinical guidance to the care team and delivering best practice continually.
• You have previous experience ensuring policies and standards are kept to a high clinical standard.
• You are confident offering clinical guidance for care teams, being crucial in helping with all CQC tasks.
• As a highly trusted member of the team you enjoy building connections with residents and their family, giving them the kindness and support and care they deserve.
• Effective communication and reporting skills are essential in order to effectively handover clinical issues to other team members and health care professionals.
• If working at night this will require enhanced skills to ensure patient safety as primarily you will be working alone with limited support from other healthcare professionals you will need to have strong critical thinking skills, need to be confident and self-reliant with the ability to manage care staff and remain calm in an emergency situation

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Your starter bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks' service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI.