Village Community Nurse - Casual

Belong Limited; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Newcastle-under-Lyme seeks a Village Nurse to assist nursing teams and provide 24-hour care. This role involves using clinical judgement to support elderly patients and ensure high-quality, person-centred care. Candidates should adhere to care standards and have a passion for improving the wellbeing of older individuals, especially those with dementia.

Qualifications

• Must have clinical judgement to assist customers with nursing support.
• Experience in providing person-centred care.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Village Nurse Manager to support nursing teams.
• Accountable for customers needing 24-hour nursing care.
• Provide nursing support according to regulatory requirements.

Job description

Overview

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Village Nurse Manager in each location to provide support to nursing and support teams, to ensure that care and support is provided safely, efficiently and effectively in a way that encourages choice and independence and respects the privacy, dignity and lifestyle of each individual.
• Being accountable and responsible for those customers who have been assessed as requiring 24 hour nursing care whilst maintaining a duty of Care for all customers in the village.
• Providing nursing support which meets Belong standards, regulatory requirements, the 'Compassion in Practice' 6C's and adheres to the NMC Code of Conduct and guidance within the NMC 'Scope of Professional Practice'.

About you

As a Village Nurse at Belong, you will be making a difference to the lives of older people who might be living with a dementia or who need nursing support. You will need to use your clinical judgement to help customers improve, maintain or recover their health and wellbeing, you will deliver high quality, and evidence based, person-centred care.

Recruitment

As part of our recruitment process you will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. Their code of conduct can be found on the following link that you can copy and post to your web browser if you wish to read