Registered Nurse

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Location: Christchurch, BH23 2UG

Salary: Up to £22.01 per hour

Job Type: Role is full time (36.75 hours per week)

Fairmile Grange is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse to work at our outstanding Fairmile Grange Care home based in Christchurch.

The Role:

As a Registered Nurse, your primary focus will be to deliver high-quality nursing care to our residents. With a focus on delivering high-quality nursing care, you will lead by example and provide guidance to your colleagues, elevating the standard of care we provide. Your responsibilities will include conducting comprehensive clinical assessments, developing personalized care plans, and ensuring the implementation and evaluation of appropriate care.

Main duties and responsibilities as a Registered Nurse:

• Responsible for clinical assessment of residents, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated, involving residents and users
• Promote the rights, interests, needs and choices of carers and people with dementia in the planning, delivery and evaluation of care and services
• Liaise with GPs, case managers, primary health care practitioners, statutory and voluntary agencies supporting our residents
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to residents/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur
• Maintain clinical records and provide verbal and written feedback appropriately and as required, to carers, and persons with dementia as appropriate, and referring agencies and professional colleagues.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely resident, workforce and resource data
• Integrate into practice current knowledge of dementia and caring, informed by research and other forms of evidence
• Participate in and/or lead where appropriate formal training, disseminating nursing work, promoting best practice in dementia care

Skills and experience as Registered Nurse:

• A minimum of 1 years' experience as a registered nurse
• Experience within a health and social care setting with older people
• A clear understanding of CQC standards/ legislation
• A strong leader, highly clinically skilled, well organised, able to take the lead
• Great written and verbal skills for communication and understanding
• Good IT skills and confidence in computer-based work
• Able to inspire, motivate and lead by example
• Flexible approach to the rota to meet the needs of the home

Benefits:

• Salary up to £22.01 per hour
• Paid NMC fees
• Revalidation support
• 28 days annual leave per annum (pro-rata) inclusive of bank holidays
• Free meals on shift, paid breaks and handover time
• Recognition and Rewards programme
• Workplace pension scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Genuine opportunities for career progression
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Care Friends: Our Employee Referral and Rewards App is your ticket to helping us recruit the best talent for our Care Home. For each successful referral placement for our open positions, you have the potential to earn more than £500 over time, thanks to the points you accrue! Curious? Contact the recruitment team for details!
• £3,000 Welcome Bonus*-£500 after 6 months' service (subject to completion of probation), followed by £500 after 1 year's successful service, plus another £1,000 after 18 months, and a further £1,000 after 2 years' successful service

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Fairmile Grange is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Mental Health Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Registered Nurse, Advanced practice registered nurses, RMN, RN, LPN, APRN, Elderly Care, Senior Nurse, Senior Staff Nurse will be considered for this role.