Registered Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose of the job to be responsible and accountable for providing the highest standards of nursing, clinical and personal support, while promoting independence and choice, to the customers. Directly lead and supervise a team of support staff as required at the respective service, ensure the smooth and efficient management of the respective shift by assessing, prioritising, planning, delegating and monitoring work activities of the support team.

Key responsibilities

To be accountable for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating person centred plans for customers, consulting with and involving the customer, as well as relevant others (e.g. family, support staff, health and social care professionals) where appropriate.

To be responsible for managing a team of support staff including daily and formal supervision, as required.

To provide and maintain a high quality, efficient service delivery which promotes customer independence by leading through example.

To monitor teamwork areas and work practices to ensure safety and relevant legislation, policies, standards and guidance are followed and met.

To contribute to the ongoing assessment of customers, including assessment of new customers, observing any change in their health and well-being and ensuring this is managed and recorded in an appropriate and timely way.

To be responsible for nursing support, ensuring that customers nursing needs are recorded to a high professional standard and to record all information in accordance with LC procedures and NMC guidelines.

To be responsible for the ordering, safe storage and administration of medicines.

To support customers with their physical care, personal hygiene needs and daily life tasks and skills as required by their person-centred plan (PCP), ensuring that their independence is preserved and developed as far as possible and affording appropriate levels of privacy and dignity.

To participate in the training and development of support staff in undertaking care tasks and oversee support staff undertaking delegated nursing tasks.

To assist in the assessment and monitoring of wider staffing requirements, reporting problems to the relevant manager.

To be Nurse in Charge in on their respective shift their absence and be accountable for service provision in line with respective legislative framework of the service.

To work in partnership with others including colleagues in other teams at the service, as well as liaising with external health and social care professionals.

To support and facilitate customer communication with their relatives, friends, professionals and other members of staff, in order to ensure the continuity of quality and safety in the provision of support.

To cover on-call for the service on a rota basis where required to do so.

To be responsible for developing and sustaining own continuing professional development (knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness) in line with the NMC revalidation and LC processes.

To maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries.

To comply with all health and safety policies and procedures.

To comply with LC and any local safeguarding and mental capacity act (MCA) policies and procedures.

To work within the regulatory compliance requirements applicable at the respective service.

To maintain an awareness of individual customer risk assessments relating to specific support needs, for example, dysphagia, mobility and safety.

To participate in supervision, staff meetings and training activities (including updates), sometimes off site and outside of normal hours, as required.

To undertake additional responsibilities as requested by the Service Manager following the successful completion of specific training and personal skills development.

To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Essential requirements
• To be a registered nurse, holding current registration with NMC.
• To be able to demonstrate relevant post qualification learning would be
• advantageous.
• Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at the
• level of a qualified nurse (level 5), being able to demonstrate effective nursing
• practice in all basic registered nurse procedures.
• Understanding of the NMC code of conduct and relevant practice standards and
• guidance.
• Any other level of professional development and registration as indicated by
• purchaser, regulator or LC dependant on location.
• To have a thorough understanding of assessing clinical and personal support
• needs and how to write and review comprehensive personalised support plans to
• include risk assessment.
• To have a first aid qualification would be advantageous.
• To have experience of providing direct personal and social support (to have prior
• experience of working with people who have physical and/or learning disabilities
• would be advantageous).
• To have experience of supervising a team of staff would be advantageous.
• To be able to work flexibly within rostered hours and participate in the on-call rota
• as required.
• To have a genuine commitment to the values and ethos of Leonard Cheshire.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leonard Cheshire

Address

Leonard Cheshire Disability

Main Street

Netherseal

Swadlincote

Derbyshire

DE12 8DA

Employer's website

https://www.leonardcheshire.org/ (Opens in a new tab)