Registered Nurse - Bank Blyth

Meeveem Limited; Blyth; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bank available

Weekend & overtime enhancement

Job summary

Bupa Ridley Park care home in Blyth is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our bank shift rota. You will work across 8am-8pm and 8pm-8am, providing clinical leadership, medication management and individualized care for residents.

With an NMC pin and strong communication, you will assess needs, develop care plans, mentor the team and ensure safety and quality in line with CQC standards. Weekend and overtime enhancements apply.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a valid NMC pin.
• Experience delivering high‑quality clinical care in a residential setting.
• Ability to review and develop care plans and provide clinical guidance to the team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the unit alongside clinical duties in the home.
• Administer and order medication and review individual care plans.
• Provide clinical guidance to the care team and ensure best practice.
• Hand over clinical issues to team members and health care professionals.

Skills

NMC pin

Job description

Registered Nurse - Ridley Park - Bank

Forster Street, off Plessey Road, Blyth, NE24 3BG.

Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.5 / 10

Up to £21.12 per hour, depending on experience.

Bank available.

Enhancement on weekend & overtime.

8am-8pm - 8pm-8am

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.

We’ll train you on all aspects of digital care, which is transforming how we work, making things easier and letting you focus on clinical excellence and care for our residents. And as healthcare experts for over 75 years, we’re committed to continually training you in the clinical and social care developments you need and surrounding you with some of the best people in the industry.

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:

• Flexible working patterns to fit around you
• Comprehensive induction (fully paid)
• Free meal on every shift
• DBS Check and Uniform provided and paid for by Bupa
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’re 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.