Staff Nurse - Care in the Home

Active Care Group; Wales; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in Pembrokeshire seeks experienced Adult Complex Care Nurses (RGN) for a vital role in providing care for clients with complex needs. Responsibilities include monitoring respiratory function, managing ventilation equipment, and ensuring comprehensive care planning. The ideal candidate should have current NMC registration and significant experience in adult complex care within a community setting. This role offers excellent benefits, including 25 days holiday and access to training programs.

Benefits

25 days plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Free Employee Assistance Programme Helpline

Join the Active Learning Hub for training opportunities

Qualifications

• A legal right to work in the UK.
• Experience of keeping comprehensive care planning and documentation.
• Ideally experience of behaviours that challenge and positive behaviour management.

Responsibilities

• Assessment of respiratory function and monitoring.
• Emergency airway management and use of BiPAP/CPAP devices.
• Recognising alarms and troubleshooting equipment.

Skills

Current NMC Pin registration

Experience in adult complex care

Demonstrate infection prevention and control

Medication management policies adherence

Education

Registered General Nurse qualification

Job description

Active Care Group's Care in the Home division continues to go from strength to strength ensuring we provide a safe, reliable and outcome-based care to all clients by our exceptional support workers, clinicians, and management team. Please note we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore will not be able to progress any candidates who require a certificate of sponsorship to work in the UK. This is an expression of interest advert and any roles will be dependant on business growth. Due to continued growth plans for the business we are looking to expand our teams and are looking for experienced Adult Complex Care Nurses (RGN) with a positive and proactive attitude to potentially join us in Pembrokeshire. Our care in the home services support children, young people and adults with a wide range of conditions, including brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurological conditions and neurodegenerative diseases, respiratory conditions and gastro-intestinal conditions, including percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding.

Responsibilities

• 12 hours shifts
• Work night package of care (x 1 nurse) and possibly 3 days a week (x 1 nurse)
• Assessment of respiratory function - monitoring oxygen saturations & CO2 levels saturations
• Checking pressures tubing & filters
• Recognising alarms and troubleshooting basic issues. ensuring backup power and safety equipment. ensuring equipment calibration and accurate record keeping
• Observations of hypoventilation and apnoea. awareness of early signs of cyanosis, morning headaches, using overnight oximeter
• NON -invasive ventilation (NIV) & Tracheostomy management - setting up, checking and maintaining BiPAP/CPAP devices
• Suctioning techniques (tracheostomy) suctioning competence- infection control and tracheostomy observations, changing of Tracheostomy if required
• Humidification systems and airway clearance technique
• Emergency airway management - Basic and advanced airway support skills. Use of Ambu bag with oxygen and knowledge of escalation policy
• Night-time respiratory monitoring, overnight oximetry and CO2 trend interpretation, Recognising hypoventilation, escalation process
• Autonomic & Neurological monitoring - Monitoring for temperature dysregulation, heart rate, blood pressure fluctuations. Management of episodes of hypothermia, or sudden bradycardia/tachycardia. Understanding of sleep disorders associated with ROHHAD. e.g. central hypoventilation - recognise abnormal findings and accelerate according to care plans

Qualifications

• Current NMC Pin registration (Registered General Nurse)
• A legal right to work in the UK
• Experience of keeping comprehensive care planning and documentation
• Demonstrate infection prevention and control principles
• Adhere to medicine management policies
• Demonstrate safeguarding awareness and escalation process
• Understand consent and capacity in young adults
• Up to date with BLS & Moving and handling. pressure area care
• Ideally experience of behaviours that challenge and positive behaviour management
• Experience in adult complex care within a community setting is desirable
• Management of clinical risk management and individualised, person-centred care planning experience

Benefits

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, £500 all other roles, by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group