This is a Senior Nurse (General) role at a Barchester care home, where you will use your leadership skills to ensure residents receive high-quality care. You will be a hands-on clinical leader, making critical decisions, supporting and mentoring your team, and upholding the highest standards of nursing practice.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Nurse (General) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your leadership skills to ensure our residents receive the quality care we're known for. You'll create a safe and supportive environment for our residents with a range of mental and physical needs. You'll use your professional judgement to make critical clinical decisions, from assessing the needs of a new resident to implementing safeguarding policies and administering medicines in line with NMC regulations. You'll support and mentor your team to ensure they have the clinical training they need to deliver the highest standards of nursing.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional care and support to our residents, and we invest in our staff to ensure they have the skills and resources they need to deliver the best possible care.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLE As a Senior Nurse (General), you'll have the freedom and autonomy to do things the right way and be truly valued and respected for what you do.
ABOUT YOU To join us as a Senior Nurse (General), you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. Experience in producing care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge of recent clinical practices. An understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines, is also necessary. You'll be a natural leader and problem solver who has worked with older people and acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious, and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.
REWARDS PACKAGE As well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
* Free learning and development
* Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
* A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
* Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes
* Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses
If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification.
* Experience in producing care plans and detailed risk assessments.
* Up-to-date knowledge of recent clinical practices.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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