Bank/Casual Registered Nurse - Charlton House

Job description

Job responsibilities

Hours: 0

Contract Type: Bank/Casual

Service Area: Adult Social Care, Complex & Specialist Commissioning

Department: Residential Services

We are looking to recruit Bank/Casual Registered Nurses to join our team at Charlton House. This opportunity is ideal for an individual aiming to advance their career and gain hands on experience in a thriving andsupportive workplace.

Residential Services consists of three Community Resource Centres and five Extra Care Services which are based in Keynsham, Bath and Midsomer Norton. Charlton House Community Resource Centre (CRC) is currently a 30-bed nursing and high need residential care home based in Keynsham. You will be joining a friendly, passionate team, who are committed to providing excellent care to our residents. The nature of our work requires kindness and compassion as standard.

As a Bank/Casual worker you can select shifts that you wish to work. Shifts available include weekends, days, and bank holidays.

As a Bank/Casual Registered Nurse, you will offer interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic, and social forms with the aim of promoting health, wellbeing, self-autonomy, and independence. The Registered Nurse will work independently under the leadership of the Lead Nurse and Registered Manager, working within the sphere of nursing and care and within all aspects of the nursing process.

Attributes & Experience needed for role:

• Must hold a degree or qualification recognised as equivalent by the NMC as a first level registered Nurse and held on the register.
• Strong team player who with a collaborative work style.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional.
• Have significant experience within an older person setting.
• Good level of communications skills, both verbal and written.
• The ability to be proactive, think creatively and identify development opportunities and continuing ways of improvement.
• Intermediate IT literacy including Microsoft Office and a knowledge of service-related systems.
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact.
• The skill to be able to manage your own time, workload, and ability to prioritise.
• The ability to problem solves, using demonstrable logical decision making.
• To provide effective, evidence based general and specific care for patients under the indirect supervision of a registered practitioner.

Why B&NES Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:

• A competitive salary package
• Annual leave will be incorporated into the hourly rate
• The Local Government Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
• Professional and personal development
• Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts
• Uniform provided and Free DBS

(This is a rolling advert. Applications will be reviewed weekly).

Interested to find out more ?

To find out more about our service and our work please visit :https://www.proudtocarebathnes.org.uk/

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and whats involved, please contact the Strategic Clinical Lead Jess Dolman -Sellars by email at jess_dolman-sellars@bathnes.gov.uk.

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To apply

Please use the online application facility.For further information on applying please see Application Form Help page on the Jobs website.

Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose to improve peoples lives. We havefour core values which shape every aspect of our working lifeand how we look to the future. These values are to beBold, Empowered, SupportiveandTransparent.

Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.

As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

As this post involves working within one of these groups, we will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check and/or subscription to the DBS online service. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Councils at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• See Job Description

Desirable

• See Job Description

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

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Address

Manvers Street

Bath

BA1 1JG

Employer's website

https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)