This is a Registered Nurse role at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The role involves providing high-quality nursing care to residents, including medication management, dressings, and chronic condition management. The successful candidate will be a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual who lives the company's values of caring, supportive, honest, and accountable.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be to act as the person in charge, standing in for the Manager as required and observing all instructions to act upon their behalf. You will ensure high standards of care for our residents, including undertaking nursing tasks like medication distribution, dressings, catheterization, tube feeding, and chronic condition management. You will also be responsible for advising families and GPs of any changes in residents' conditions, and for the effective deployment and supervision of the care team.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They believe that the later years of their residents' lives should be as enriching as any other, and their vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' is achieved through the exceptional care and experience they offer throughout their growing portfolio of over 100 care homes.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development with a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts. We will also reimburse the cost of your NMC renewal.
We are now seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as a Registered Nurse.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your focus as a Registered Nurse will be to act as person in charge, standing in for the Manager as required and observing 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 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.
Please note this role will require:
* ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* To be successful in this role, you must hold a First Level qualification and current NMC Registration. You should also have a minimum of 2 years' experience and up-to-date knowledge of care, supported by relevant post-basic studies/qualifications. Good interpersonal skills, the ability to instruct and demonstrate care activities, and sound knowledge of care planning are also required.
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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