Job title: Registered Nurse (RN). Responsible to: Management. Location: Beechill Nursing Home.
Reporting to the Management, the Nurse is responsible for ensuring a high level of care is provided to our residents and meets the code of conduct and company procedures. The Nurse will lead the care team providing strong clinical knowledge and leadership to ensure the highest standards are achieved in all areas of the home including relationship centred care, clinical care and dementia care.
Leadership and Management
- Overall responsibility for clinical care in the home.
- Manage the home while the Management is absent.
- Assist and manage the recruitment and training; ensuring training targets are met and the team are competent in their roles.
- Manage rota’s and ensure that the correct skill mix and number of team members are on the unit on a continual basis.
- Lead, support and inspire the team to deliver outcomes for the home.
- Overall responsibility for the supervision, appraisal and performance management of the team, supporting them to achieve their potential.
- Lead the team to ensure they are aligned with the Home vision and are operating from the Charter.
- Initiate regular communication with colleagues, residents, relatives, and external stakeholders.
- Ensure that all regulatory and statutory requirements are met and company policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Ensure any requirements of a clinical perspective from internal and external audits are actioned within the timescales required.
- Ensure nurses are up to date with Prep in accordance with NMC guidance.
Clinical Care
- Lead care delivery in the home, to ensure continuous assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident’s care.
- Overall responsibility for clinical compliance in the home.
- Ensure that an outstanding level of relationship centred care, dementia care and clinical care is being delivered within the home.
- Ensure care plans are regularly audited and that they are appropriate to the residents needs and reflect the care being delivered.
- Responsible for pre admission assessments and resident reviews.
- Ensure medication is ordered in line with company policies and procedures.
- Ensure medication audits are completed in line with company policies.
- Proactively research current and future clinical practices to ensure compliance with clinical care delivery.
- Ensure clinical aspects of induction for new starters are completed and the team are fully competent in their role.
Safeguarding
- Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. All staff should understand that safeguarding affects all aspects of the organisation and must familiarise themselves with this policy and the procedures.
- All safeguarding issues must be reported to the management team as a matter of urgency.
Health and Safety
- Overall responsibility for Health & Safety within the nursing and care team.
- Ensure Management is informed of all incidents.
- Ensure storage of medications are in line with company policies and procedures.
- Ensure risk assessments are completed within the home and safe working practices are being followed.
- Ensure equipment and environment is safe within the home.