Registered Nurse

St Monica Trust; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

St Monica Trust's Garden House in BS9 is seeking a Registered Nurse for full-time night shifts. You will deliver nursing care, assess residents, administer medications, and respond to medical emergencies, while supporting admissions and discharges.

You will lead care planning, liaise with GPs and families, maintain accurate records, and provide mentoring to junior staff. A commitment to high-quality, person-centered care and safeguarding standards is essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified and NMC Registered Nurse (adult level 1) is essential.
• Experience with elderly care and dementia is preferred.
• Knowledge of CQC regulations, safeguarding and infection control.
• Experience with care plans, clinical audits and risk assessments.
• Accurate documentation and effective communication with the MDT.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical nursing care by assessing and monitoring residents’ needs and administering medication.
• Lead admissions and discharges, and manage complex clinical needs and emergencies.
• Build relationships with GPs, pharmacists, residents and families.
• Maintain accurate records of care plans, audits, incidents and health data.
• Provide leadership and cover more senior posts when required.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Clinical nursing

Quality & safety

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (Adult)

Job description

## Registered NurseApply: Cote Lane - The Garden House (Care Home) BS9: Full time: Posted Today: JR102781**42 hours per week, night shifts.** **Key Results** Summary responsibilities* Deliver clinical nursing care through assessing and monitoring residents’ needs and undertaking clinical procedures and administering medication.* Role model and advocate a holistic approach to care, working with the wider care home team (catering, housekeeping, volunteers, pastoral).* Lead on admissions/discharges, complex clinical care needs, medical emergencies, and end of life care.* Build and maintain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including, GPs, pharmacists, residents and their relatives/friends and colleagues.* Maintain accurate records relating to clinical care e.g., care plans, audits, incidents, changes to health and well-being, finances, health and safety and manual handling.* Leadership role requiring covering more senior posts when required. **Skills and experience** Communication* Interprets and explains information to others.* Provides and receives some complex, sensitive or contentious information.* Persuasive, motivational, empathetic, reassuring skills.* Confident negotiator.* Shares knowledge and trains others on the job.* Communicates openly and often with immediate and related teams. Objective review of complex matters. Thinking Style* Analyses complex facts or situations.* Plans and organises a range of complex and interlinked activities and tasks (project planning).* Uses sophisticated technical and problem-solving skills to enhance service area/discipline.* Regular report writing, data analysis and recommending actions.* Contribute to the development of policies and procedures in own discipline.* Aware of longer term impact of decisions. Leadership* Strong focus on buy-in and engagement.* Contributes to wider organisational goals/strategy.* Delivers coaching and guidance.* Data management, processing information and analysis skills.* People management skills.* Budget and financial planning awareness Working with others* Seeks, responds to and acts upon client feedback regularly.* Builds relationships internally and externally.* Strong personal network inside and outside the organisation.* Establishes a collaborative culture for team and those who use their services. **Other Skills and Qualifications** Essential* Qualified and NMC Registered Nurse (adult level 1)* Working knowledge and understanding of the CQC Regulations and the Essential Standards of Quality and Safety, Infection Control, Medication, GDPR, NMCs standards and guidance and the Mental Capacity Act.* Experience of working with older people, those with a disability, and/or dementia* Experience of working in a nursing home/hospital/sheltered housing/social care setting* Experience of conducting clinical audits and risk assessments* Experience of writing and reviewing care plans* Knowledge of good practice in relation to health and safety, first aid, moving and handling and infection control* Experience of keeping accurate records* In depth understanding of the ageing process Desirable* Completion of (or willing to complete) Supporting Students in Practice (formerly the Facilitated Learning and Assessment in Practice course)* Working (or willing to work) towards further professional qualifications* People management skills* Experience of quality assurance systems* Experience of reviewing and developing internal practices and policies **Additional information*** Duties must be carried out in compliance with St Monica Trust’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.* This role profile contains the principal accountabilities relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the duties required to carry them out.* This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and this means that any criminal conviction, including spent convictions, must be made known at the time of the application. Salary Ranges:£45,766.50 - £49,276.50