Registered General Nurse

Job Description - Nurse

RESPONSIBLE TO: Deputy Manager

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Home Manager

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• 1st or 2nd Level RGN
• Previous experience of working in a Nursing home environment 1 – 2 years.
• Clinical competence in role
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Ability to manage pressure and conflicting demands, and prioritise tasks
• Team player
• Genuine interest in working with the relevant Client group
• Ability to work within a legislative framework
• Satisfactory DBS check

Desired:

• Care for the Elderly experience

• • Previous supervisory experience

JOB PURPOSE:

To ensure the highest standard of care is provided to all residents in a most professional manner.  In addition to providing direct care the nurse is to provide effective supervision of all other employees in the multi-disciplinary group.  The nurse is to fulfil the role of shift leader as directed on the duty rota.

Duties and responsibilities include:

Care:

• Taking responsibility for the nursing and personal care of residents.
• Reporting resident’s ill-health and making requests for GP and other visiting professionals visits when necessary.
• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised care, seeking medical or other interventions as required.
• Participating in the evaluation and review of policies and procedures when directed.
• Ensuring the collection and dispatch of specimens.

• Carrying out all nursing procedures efficiently and effectively.
• Administering prescribed medicines and maintaining appropriate records in accordance with Company policies and procedures and, NMC codes of practice.
• Applying maximum integrity in all dealings with residents’ affairs and property, avoiding abuse of the privileged relationship that exists with Clients.
• Maintaining accurate records ensuring that each resident has a complete individualised Care Plan which is to be reviewed on a monthly basis or, more frequently when required.

Communication:

• Participating in shift ‘handover’ to enable full knowledge of each resident’s condition.
• Ensuring that a comprehensive report is provided to nursing and care staff at the end of each shift.
• Ensuring the timely update of care staff throughout each shift in response to changing circumstances.
• Ensuring accurate records are maintained of individual’s needs, outcomes and how to achieve outcomes are comprehensive, completed as required timescales to include associated risk assessments on the nourish system.
• Providing a comprehensive report to the Deputy Manager/Manager of any incident and of significant change in the status of any resident.
• Supervising visits and liaising with visiting professionals to establish and maintain good relationships.
• Informing the Cook of resident’s dietary requirements, supervising the serving of meals and ensuring that the special dietary needs of individuals are met.
• Establishing and maintaining clear communication with residents, relatives and the staff team.
• Participating in staff, resident and relative meetings as directed.

 Budgetary / Financial Control:

• Awareness of the need to manage and maintain budgets.
• Ensuring that all commodities are sensibly conserved by all employees; e.g. monitor the usage of incontinence aids, wipes, dressings, electricity etc.

Human Resources (HR):

• Participating in Staff Induction & Training programmes when directed.

Marketing:

• Actively marketing the Home and promoting a positive personal professional profile within the local community and ensuring the good reputation of the Home at all times.
• Ensuring the Home is attractively presented and odour free at all times in line with the Company’s attention to detail philosophy.
• Ensuring that all rooms are suitably presented for viewing at all times.

Arranging and participating in obtaining new clients.