Nurse

Orchard Residential; Sligo, Roscommon; Remote; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive training

Mentoring & support

CPD support

Career progression

Values Champion Award

Refer a friend

Multidisciplinary team access

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

The Orchard Care Group operates a specialist children's residential service in Ireland, seeking a Registered Nurse to join a dedicated team. The role covers 24/7 care within a rolling roster, including 12-hour shifts, sleep-ins, and waking night duties where required.

You will deliver high-quality, person-centred care, assess needs, and coordinate with a multidisciplinary team to meet complex medical needs and disability requirements.

Qualifications

• Currently registered with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in the RNID Division.
• Demonstrate knowledge of HIQA National Standards & Health Act Regulations for Residential Care Settings.
• Proficient IT skills, strong communication, and ability to work within a team.
• Shifts include 12-hour rotations, days, live nights, weekends; flexibility required.
• Full manual driving licence with eligibility to drive in Ireland.
• Eligible to live and work in Ireland without restriction.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individualised care to each person in accordance with the care plan.
• Assess needs and develop person-centred care plans with the team.
• Manage Care Assistants; allocate, supervise, and train as needed.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and handovers.
• Arrange documentation and transport for external care appointments.
• Maintain accurate progress notes and medication records for residents.

Skills

RNID Registration

HIQA standards knowledge

IT proficiency

Communication skills

Teamwork

Roster flexibility

Driver's license

Job description

Our Nurses are central to our team in "Building Brighter Futures" for the people we support.
We are currently seeking applications from registered Nurses interested in joining a team within a specialist medical residential service. The people we support within this children’s service have complex medical needs in addition to their disability needs and we require a nurse to provide care for this specific service.
The house is fully equipped to meet the needs of the people we support and is also supported by an extensive multidisciplinary team who provide onsite therapy. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver effective, efficient, and quality assured care to all the people we support.
As we provide specialist services 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, working hours are operated on a rolling roster, shift basis, which include sleep in’s and waking night duty as required. Due to the nature of the position some flexibility may be required from time to time in relation to hours of work.
Essential Requirements:

• Currently registered with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in the RNID Division.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of HIQA National Standards & Health Act Regulations for Residential Care Settings.
• Candidates should be proficient in I.T, possess a high level of communication skills, work well within a team and be able to provide high quality focused care.
• Rostering requirements: shifts rotations (12-hour shifts) will include Days, Live Nights, Weekends, and flexibility is required.
• Full manual driver’s license with eligibility to drive in Ireland.
• Eligible to live and work in Ireland without restriction

Main Responsibilities:

• Deliver individualised care to each person we support (in accordance with the care plan and best clinical judgment).
• Assess the needs of the people we support and develop a person-centered care plan, taking into consideration recommendations from other members of the Care Services team.
• Manage the Care Assistants and help them in their daily duties; allocate and supervise tasks; provide guidance, leadership and training where required.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Organise relevant documentation and transport for service users external care appointments and emergency care services.
• Maintain accurate, specific, person centered and detailed progress notes for all of the residents and share these together with a comprehensive verbal update with the Nurse taking over the next shift.
• Maintain accurate medication cardex information.

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Benefits to working with Company

• Extensive training programme
• On-going mentoring and support
• Continuous Professional Development support
• Career progression opportunities
• Orchard Values Champion Award
• Refer a friend initiative
• Working in a well-resourced environment with access to the multidisciplinary team
• Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their families

About us

The Orchard Care Group is dedicated to providing the best possible care, supports and outcomes for children, young people, and adults in Ireland across a range of settings and locations, in fostering, disability and mainstream residential services.
The Group brings together three leading brands in Irish social care – Orchard Residential, Orchard Community Care and Orchard Fostering.
Our Vision at Orchard Care Group is that the people we support live meaningful lives through, our high-quality model of excellent care, within our positive, collaborative, values-based culture. Our Values are Advocacy, Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration & Human Rights.