Senior Registered Nurse

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Registered Nurse to join our friendly and professional team at Glenview Care Home in Cabragh.

A Senior Staff Nurse is responsible for the provision and management of nursing care to patients, supervising and guiding junior nurses and nursing students to ensure that optimal care is provided. The individual should be analytical, insightful, systematic, and highly motivated, and a good team player with leadership capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Coach new staff nurses and nursing students in learning activities.
Oversee the standard of care provided by care staff and act appropriately.
Collaborate with interprofessional teams to implement recommended quality improvement plans and interventions.
Coordinate emergency activities in medical emergencies or crisis situations.
Deliver evidence-based care in collaboration with interprofessional teams.
Develop self-management plans to empower patients, family members and carers to facilitate participation in their own health management.
Manage admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
Manage the transition of care coordination within and between teams and across settings.
Monitor near misses and error report information and initiate improvement strategies and action plans to improve patient safety practices.
Monitor performance of nurses in patient care activities and/or delegated tasks.
Participate in clinical risk and quality improvement initiatives and activities.
Provide supervision to junior nurses in the development of individualised health education plans.
Recognise early signs and/or deterioration of patients' condition with appropriate physiological assessments and observations.
Review the clinical performance of nursing students and new nurses.
Review existing infection control and prevention practices to identify areas of improvement.
Be willing and available to be part of the on-call rota for the management of the home.
Implement all safeguarding policies and procedures and act appropriately in the occurrence of any alleged harm/protection issues.
Carry out clinical audits as part of the governance framework.
Use available benchmarks to evaluate patient safety practices at the department level.
Health and Safety

Overall responsibility for Health & Safety within the clinical care team
Ensure Operational Manager is informed of any incidents in the absence of the home manager.
Ensure medicines management are in line with company policies and procedures
Ensure risk assessments are completed within the home and safe working practices are being followed
Ensure equipment and environment is safe within the home
About You:

First Level Registered Nurse with current registration on the NMC register, with strong clinical experience.
Warm-hearted, compassionate, and committed to delivering the highest standard of care
A proven track record of leading, empowering, supporting and motivating a team, demonstrating your strong leadership and management skills.
Excellent written, non-verbal, and verbal communication skills
A willingness to learn and develop throughout your career with us
Genuine interest in working with the elderly
About Us:

Sanville Group is a professional, family-run business delivering outstanding care in beautiful and functional environments. Our Care Homes are warm and welcoming places to live and work. We offer employees a range of benefits and career progression opportunities, like competitive pay, high-quality training programmes, reward and recognition schemes and well-being initiatives. We are also proud to promote a culture that is open, diverse, and innovative.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: £19.50-£20.31 per hour

Expected hours: 34.50 per week

Benefits:

Company pension
Free parking
On-site parking
Licence/Certification:

NMC (preferred)
Work Location: In person