Senior Nurse - Care Home

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Swindon is seeking a Senior Nurse (General) to lead clinical care and support a team. The role requires a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and expertise in care planning. You will ensure quality care for residents and mentor junior staff. Competitive salary and generous benefits package offered, including learning opportunities and profit share scheme.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Qualifications

• Must have current NMC registration.
• Experience in producing care plans and risk assessments required.
• Natural leader with a track record of delivering quality care.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high-quality care for residents.
• Support and mentor the nursing team.
• Make critical clinical decisions according to regulations.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Critical decision-making

Mentoring

Knowledge of NMC regulations

Understanding of regulatory frameworks

Education

Registered Nurse (RGN)

Mentoring or supervision qualification

Job description

This is a Senior Nurse (General) role at a Barchester care home, where you will use your leadership skills to ensure residents receive high-quality care. You will be a hands-on clinical leader, making critical decisions, supporting and mentoring your team, and delivering improvements to achieve quality care. The role offers a competitive salary and an excellent rewards package, including opportunities for free learning and development, profit-share scheme, and discounts.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Nurse (General) at a Barchester care home, you\'ll use your leadership skills to make sure our residents get the quality care we\'re known for. You\'ll be a hands-on clinical leader that creates a safe and supportive environment for our residents with a range of mental and physical needs. You\'ll use your professional judgement to make critical clinical decisions, from assessing the needs of a new resident to implementing safeguarding policies and administrating medicines in line with NMC regulations. You\'ll support and mentor your team to ensure they have the clinical training they need to deliver the highest standards of nursing.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering high-quality residential, nursing, and dementia care to thousands of residents. With a focus on person-centered care, Barchester aims to create a welcoming and supportive environment for its residents. The organization is committed to investing in its staff, providing training and development opportunities to help them deliver the best possible care.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Senior Nurse (General) at a Barchester care home, you\'ll use your leadership skills to make sure our residents get the quality care we\'re known for. We\'ll look to you to be a hands-on clinical leader that creates a safe and supportive environment for our residents with a range of mental and physical needs. You\'ll use your professional judgement to make critical clinical decisions, from assessing the needs of a new resident to implementing safeguarding policies and administrating medicines in line with NMC regulations. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you\'ll support and mentor your team to make sure they have the clinical training they need to deliver the highest standards of nursing. As a Senior Nurse (General), you\'ll have the freedom and autonomy to do things the right way and be truly valued and respected for what you do.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Senior Nurse (General), you\'ll need to be a Registered Nurse (R GN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. Experience of producing care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge on the most recent clinical practices. We\'ll also look for an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You\'ll be a natural leader and problem solver who has worked with older people and acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you\'ll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

• Free learning and development
• Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
• A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
• Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes
• Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

If you\'d like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you\'d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To join us as a Senior Nurse (General), you\'ll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. You\'ll also need experience of producing care plans and detailed risk assessments, as well as an up-to-date knowledge of the most recent clinical practices. An understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines, is also important.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.