Registered Nurse Ad Hoc/Flexible Shifts

The registered nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a group of identified service users and will provide and maintain a high standard of patient focussed care that ensures patient safety; dignity and respect are paramount to the care delivered. The needs of service users include support with some or all aspects of daily living, including personal care, activities and maintaining contact with family and friends as required. We actively promote a multi-disciplinary model, where nursing staff work closely with primary care colleagues, therapists and social workers, ensuring the client is kept at the centre of all decision making.

Responsibilities

1. Plan and manage competing demands of job role. Work in an effective and organised manner demonstrating excellent time management and organisational skills to effectively deliver person-centred care for an allocated group of individuals.
2. Deliver effective care following treatment plans determined by the Lead Nurse or registered care professional and provide feedback on progress against the plans.
3. Deliver high quality, compassionate care under the direction of the Lead Nurse with a focus on promoting health and independence.
4. Provide on-going assessment, planning, management and evaluation of care.
5. Support individuals with all aspects of care including daily living, providing person-centred care and promoting health and independence through awareness raising and care navigation to other professionals as appropriate.
6. Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respirations, pulse.
7. Undertake clinical tasks including cannulation, venepuncture, ECGs.
8. Accurately record nutritional and fluid intake.
9. Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
10. Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the Lead Nurse or other registered care professionals as appropriate.
11. Report back and share information with the nursing team on the condition, behaviour, activity and responses of individuals.
12. Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals.
13. Assess and contribute to the management of risk across several areas within the environment where care is being delivered.
14. Assist in the implementation of appropriate action to meet the specific physical, emotional and psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of individuals and carers.
15. Provision of complex care.
16. Implementation and monitoring of clinical standards and outcomes.
17. Develop a working knowledge of other providers' resources and referral systems to ensure individual's needs are met, within parameters of practice.
18. Demonstrate good understanding of principles of consent and ensure valid consent is obtained.

Requirements

• Must have Enhanced DBS.
• Must have own transport.
• Must hold a degree or qualification recognised as equivalent by the NMC as a first level registered Nurse and held on the register.
• Requirement to maintain clinical competencies that are necessary to fulfil all aspects of the role, i.e. syringe driver management for end of life care, ReSPECT tissue viability assessments.
• Have significant experience within an older person setting and able to carry out the range of professional services and technical elements including clinical risk assessment and the development of individualised care plans.
• Knowledge and understanding of the legislation that applies to care and health work, an awareness of the clinical policy framework and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines.
• Experience, compassion and competency in the delivery of end of life care.
• Good working knowledge of typical work-related equipment, systems, procedures and technology.
• Good numeracy skills, with the proven ability to understand, analyse, interpret and explain information and data.
• Good levels of IT literacy including Microsoft Office and a knowledge of service-related systems and will develop digital skills as necessary.
• Strong team player with a collaborative work style ie being a good communicator, empathetic listener, respectful, reliable and trustworthy member of the team.

If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha on between 9am to 5pm (Mon to Fri)