Registered General Nurse

To be responsible for providing high quality care to service users in line with the highest quality standards. Reporting into the Deputy Manager/Registered Manager you also be responsible for overseeing the care provided by our Health Care Assistants.

**Key Responsibilities** Principal Duties
- Be accountable for care delivered to service users.
- Assessing, planning and evaluating care needs or the provision of care.
- To oversee and deliver high-quality care to all service users.
- To support the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager of the designated home in complying with the Jersey Care Commission standards.
- Act as a leadership role model for junior members of staff and healthcare assistants.
- Adhere to high standards of clinical and non-clinical practice.
- Adhere to policies and standards set by the company and the Jersey Care Commission.
- Work within a wider organisational framework to ensure continuity of service for service users and employees.
- Attend supervisions and appraisals, as required and requested by management.
- Oversee care provided by Health Care Assistants on shift.
- Maintain own professional development as per the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- To ensure that relevant documentation is maintained in a comprehensive manner.
- Comply with company and local audits and committed to achieving high standards expected from audits.
- Work to implement recommendations from company and local audits.
- To undertake and be accountable for tasks relating to medication administration, in line with own training/competency and company policy.

General Responsibilities
- To provide, manage and direct high-quality care.
- To work as part of a care team providing a service to meet the highest regulatory standards
- To support our service users and carry out personal care tasks as specified within the care plan(s) in order that the tasks are carried out to enhance and support the independence of the service user.
- To be aware of any deterioration in physical and mental health of a service user and oversee the management of this effectively.
- To carry out tasks in a way that will demonstrate respect for dignity and privacy irrespective of the severity of a service user’s disability or personal circumstances.
- To encourage positive social interaction with service users.
- Respond to emergencies accordance with company policy.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times, unless there is deemed a risk to service users any other members of staff.
- Ensure completion of relevant paperwork as required by your role.
- To participate in team meetings, supervisions and annual appraisals.
- To liaise with other agencies involved with service users, as required.
- To attend multidisciplinary agency meetings where requested and where appropriate.
- To respect the rights and choices of the individual.
- Undertake tasks in relation to medication administration, as relevant to role, training and company policy

Personal Care
- To identify personal care needs of individual service users; ensuring that these are documented within care plans and the needs are met.
- To carry out personal care as per relevant care plans.
- To support colleagues to carry out personal care tasks, as per relevant care plans.
- Carry out medication administration tasks within the limitations of your training and competence.
- Wherever possible to encourage service users to be as independent as possible with their personal care requirements.
- Ensure that the service user has a clean and tidy living environment.

Domestic tasks
- Registered nurses will be expected to carry out domestic tasks relevant to their role, their location of work and as allocated by management.

**Skills Knowledge and Expertise** Qualifications
- Requirement: Relevant nursing qualification, current RN/RMN/RGN status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Registered nurses are expected to be accountable for meeting their Revalidation requirements. Opportunity will exist for Revalidation portfoliosto be signed off within the company.
- The Registered Nurse will also be required to demonstrate that they have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, show empathy, flexibility towards your work and work initiative.
- This role will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and two satisfactory references one of which should be from the most recent employer, and if possible at least one from a care agency.

**Benefits** Competitive salary and benefits package available