Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." They are committed to supporting their teams and creating a positive, empowering environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact on residents' lives.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse at Avery Healthcare, you will play a crucial role in providing high-quality care to residents. Your responsibilities will include undertaking nursing tasks such as medication distribution, dressings, catheterization, and managing chronic medical conditions. You will also be responsible for advising families and GPs of any changes in residents' conditions, and effectively deploying and supervising the care team to ensure all tasks are completed and residents receive the required care.
Job responsibilities
Your focus as a Registered Nurse will be to act as person in charge, standing in for the Manager as required and observe all instructions to act upon his/her behalf whilst you ensure high standards of care to our residents.
Other responsibilities will include:
* Undertaking nursing tasks including distribution of medication, dressings, catheterization, tube feeding, and management of chronic medical conditions.
* Advising families of residents and GPs of any changes in condition, which gives rise to concern and keeps them informed and involved in choices for ongoing care.
* Responsibility for the effective deployment and supervision of staff within the care team, ensuring all tasks are completed during the period of duty and residents receive required care.
* Providing high standards of care by undertaking accurate assessment and planning.
About you
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
* Hold a First Level qualification and current NMC Registration.
* Demonstrate a minimum of 2 years experience and up-to-date knowledge of care, supported by relevant post-basic studies/qualification.
* Display good interpersonal skills and ability to instruct and demonstrate care activities.
* Have sound knowledge of care planning and its practical application.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you must hold a First Level qualification and current NMC Registration. You should have a minimum of 2 years' experience and up-to-date knowledge of care, supported by relevant post-basic studies/qualifications. Additionally, you should display good interpersonal skills and the ability to instruct and demonstrate care activities, as well as sound knowledge of care planning and its practical application.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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