Bank - Nurse

Job summary

Service User Care

·  To maintain effective communication with all service users, their families and legal representatives and professional representatives (e.g. GPs, district nurses, chiropodists, social workers, community psychiatric nurses, therapists, dietitians, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, tissue viability specialists etc.).

·  To maintain care records in accordance with the Care Standards (Safety and Health) Act 2015, namely care planning, complaint recording, accident reporting, maintaining and updating residents’ personal information and all required documentation, as specified within the Act.

·  To promote person-centred care respecting that each person is an individual, preserving their rights, choices, dignity and independence at all times.

·  To ensure all residents are dealt with courteously and expeditiously at all times.

·  To provide a high standard of direct nursing care to service users in consultation with the Care Home Manager, based on the assessment of care needs and in consultation with the service users, their relatives and the care team.

·  To continuously evaluate the quality of care given and regularly assess the needs of service users in consultation with the service users, their relatives and the care team.

·  To effectively implement change, ensuring planned goals are achieved.

·  To ensure residents are provided with the appropriate / assessed medical devices/equipment which should be maintained and checked to ensure they remain in full working order.

·  To ensure strict adherence to the NMC Code of Conduct for medication administration, ordering and storage policies and procedures.

·  To ensure strict adherence to the Crown Care Group home’s policies and procedures.

·  To involve residents in the development of their care planning and thereafter ensure the implementation of such care plans and risk assessments.