Job title: Registered Mental Health Nurse
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 38.5 hours per week
Salary: £19.50 - £23.00 (Depending on Qualifications and Experience)
Locations: Our Nursing Homes across Bristol and Bath.
Job Role:
Supports the care team and senior management in a way that promotes the Cedar Care Vision to create a strong and nurturing family, where care is based on building of respectful relationships amongst residents and the staff that assist them, resulting in a feeling of security, contentment and a sense of belonging.
In doing so the Senior nurse assists in implementing and monitoring systems and ensures compliance to maintain:
* Deliver clinical Nursing Care through assessing and monitoring residents needs and undertaking clinical procedures and administering medication.
* Be a role model and advocate a holistic approach to care working with the wider nursing home team (Named Carers, Care Assistants, Well-being Team and ancillary teams)
* Lead on Admissions, complex Clinical care needs, medical emergencies and end of life care.
* Build and maintain positive working relationships with external bodies such as GPs and Pharmacists.
* Maintain positive relationships with Residents, their family and friends.
* Maintain accurate records relating to clinical care, e.g. care plans, audits, incidents, changes to health and well-being, health and safety and manual handling.
Required Skills, Abilities and Experience:
Essential
* Qualified and NMC Registered Nurse (adult level 1), RN1/RN3
* Working knowledge and understanding of the CQC Regulations and the Essential Standards of Quality and Safety, Infection Control, Medication, GDPR, NMCs standards and guidance and the Mental Capacity Act.
* Experience of working with older people, those with a disability, and/or dementia
* Experience of working in a nursing homes.
* Experience of conducting clinical audits and risk assessments
* Experience of writing and reviewing care plans
* Knowledge of good practice in relation to health and safety, first aid, moving and handling and infection control
* Experience of keeping accurate records
* In depth understanding of the ageing process
Desirable
* Working (or willing to work) towards further professional qualifications
* People management skills
* Experience of quality assurance systems
* Experience of reviewing and developing internal practices and policies
The Benefits of Working with Cedar Care:
* You will receive free Cedar Care induction training including care certificate
* Refresher training with the opportunity for career progression.
* Cycle to work scheme
* A pension scheme with an employer contribution**
* Free parking across all of our homes
* 28 Days Annual Leave including Bank Holidays
* Health benefits platform.
* Access to the Blue light Card program that offers thousands of retail discounts online and on the high street.
* ****Offers subject to satisfactory references and DBS******
* **Subject to the completion of a probationary period
--Due to high volume of applications we are unable to notify applicants if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks you can assume your application has not been successful