Registered Nurse

1. JOB PURPOSE

· The purpose of a Staff Nurse is to lead staff to provide good quality care for residents ensuring best practice.

· The Staff Nurse should anticipate the needs of unit and be proactive in ensuring the correct risks assessments are in place to maintain a safe environment for both staff and residents.

· To ensure high standards of quality assurance are maintained and completed in a timely manor.

· To ensure high standards of infection control are maintained.

· Coach and support staff to deliver high standards of care

2. WORKING PATTERN

· 12 hours shifts between Monday – Sunday working days or nights.

· Contracts include: 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours

3. MAIN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILIES

General Duties

· MDT Meeting preparation

· QCS – keeping up to date following the companies policies and procedures

· Administration of prescribed medications.

· Ensure residents and staff are safe.

· Provide coaching, mentoring and support for new and existing staff.

· Conduct Supervisions for Care Assistant on the Units

· Complete diary jobs

· Ensure Rota and staffing levels are managed each shift.

· To commence the care plan process for all new residents who are admitted into the home

· Completion of assessments for potential new residents

· Attend the daily ops meetings.

· Ensure PEEPs are up to date and reflective.

· Ensure staff complete Datix following any incidents / accidents – (this should be completed by the person who witnessed it first).

· Clinical Compliance – wound dressings, checking catheters, residents on dialysis.

· Supervise Senior Care Assistants to ensure they are doing their role (running the floor, checking supplementary are being completed, ensuring that residents are well cared for, clean and presentable)

· Night Staff Nurse to sign off all supplementary charts for the unit.

· Night Staff Nurse to complete allocation for the next day at handover.

· Provide a detailed handover to the next shift ensuring that staffing levels are safe during this period.

· Build relationships with families of residents and external professionals.

· Booking in of monthlies medications, ordering monthlies medications

· Site Cover – holding the site cover book and moving staff around site to ensure this is safe (due to sickness or absence)

· Attend weekly ops MDT.

Audits

· Daily Walkaround Audit

· Weekly Dining Audit

· Weekly Weights Tracker Completion

· Weekly Wound + Catheter Tracker Completion

· Actioning Senior Management Audits which may include Care Plan Audits, Medication Audits, Maintenance and Cleanliness Walkarounds and Daily Walkarounds Audits

Residents – Care Plans

· To be a named Nurse for an allocated amount of residents

· To be an Associate Nurse for an allocated amount resident