Leazes Hall Care Home
Burnopfield
Newcastle
NE166AJ
Job Description:Registered Nurse (RGN, RN, RMN)
Responsible to:Manager and Directors
Main Aims of the Job:
To be the nurse in charge when on duty
To facilitate a high standard of care through written care plans for the residents as directed by the Manager and Deputy Manager
To plan, assess, implement and evaluate the care given to the residents
To delegate work to all care staff and monitor the care given in conjunction with senior carers
To contribute to the personal needs of the individual resident and ensure they enjoy a good quality of life by ensuring a friendly caring environment
To ensure that residents retain their dignity, choice and individuality
To help induct, train and supervise colleagues and junior members of staff in all aspects of their work at the Home
To provide care for the terminally ill resident and perform last offices
To be competent in the specific nursing skills required of your position and training
To be able to work as a team under the supervision of the Manager and Deputy Manager
To provide and maintain the standard of care to our residents as required by NMC code of professional conduct
Key Responsibilities:
To ensure the highest possible standards of care are maintained through your own efforts and those that have been delegated to care for them on a daily basis
To ensure well organised and efficient care is given at all times
To ensure that all aspects of their care needs, i.e. physical, emotional, spiritual and social are met
To keep all records of care given in the residents care plan after each shift
To delegate responsibilities clearly, courteously and collaboratively, as required, to ensure the highest standards of care are maintained
To ensure full privacy and dignity is maintained for the dying and the bereaved
To ensure that any appropriate resident is commenced on the Liverpool Care Pathway when confirmed by their doctor as per protocol
To develop a relationship of trust and friendship with the residents and their families
To promote independence when possible
To act as a Named Nurse to a group of residents to ensure continuality of care is maintained to the resident and their families
To review your group of residents care plans on a monthly basis ensuring you have up-dated their care plans when necessary, ensuring that they have been weighed and observations have been checked such as blood pressure.Ensure that all risk assessments have also been up-dated
Offer the resident and/or their relatives or relevant person a care plan review.
To provide the resident with all their medication as prescribed to them by a medical practitioner
To administer all medications with the utmost care and attention to the named resident, ensuring that it is the correct dose, given at the correct times, by the correct route and signed in the correct location in their MARS chart after the medication has been dispensed
To ensure that any written entries for new drugs that have been prescribed are signed by yourself and countersign by another registered nurse
To ensure that all drug trolleys are kept locked and not left unattended outside the nurses office of locked cupboard in top lounge at any time
To ensure that the controlled drug and homely medication cupboards are kept locked at all times
To ensure that the nurses office is kept locked when unattended by a registered nurse
To carry the Homes keys on your person at all times
To ensure that all controlled drugs are treated appropriately and countersigned when a new supply in received, when administering and when disposing of the controlled drug
To dispose of any waste medication appropriately in the correct doom kits/bins provided and penned in the appropriate book
To ensure the correct use of all sharps bins and arrange collection and supply when necessary
To attend to all residents wounds etc as per care plan.If these are not responding to treatment then to seek advice from colleagues, GP or refer to Tissue Viability if necessary
To participate in residents leisure activities and enhance their quality of life when required by encouraging individual hobbies and activities whenever possible
To report any change to the residents health, wellbeing or behaviour to the appropriate person
To report any accidents/incidents immediately in the appropriate book
Ensure that the call bell system is answered as rapidly as possible, giving assistance if required
To follow infection control guidance at all times ensuring you have adequate protective clothing such as gloves and aprons when required
To ensure all charts in residents bedrooms are accurately recorded as required i.e. fluid, food and mouth care charts
To ensure all complaints are dealt with promptly and are written in the appropriate book and reported to the Manager and or owner of the Home
To practice maximum integrity in all dealings with residents personal and financial affairs
In the absence of the Manager or Deputy Manager then you may be required to undertake a preassessment for new resident prior to coming into the home
To contribute to in-house staff training when required
To become a link-nurse in your chosen area (if possible) and attend meetings, up-date yourself as required and feedback any new information to the staff
To take every opportunity to maintain and improve professional knowledge and competencies and to share this with your colleagues.
Qualifications, Training and Experience:
Level 1 registered nurse with relevant current Pin number
To have a genuine interest in caring for older people
To be prepared to undertake further training if necessary
To have excellent communication skills
To have the ability to work effectively within a team environment at all levels
To have an understanding of basic IT
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