A Registered Nurse - Bank

Welfordhc; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home organization in Dorchester is seeking an experienced registered nurse (RGN/RMN) to provide high-quality nursing care and lead a compassionate care team. Ideal candidates should have valid RGN NMC registration and a minimum of one year’s experience in nursing. This role offers comprehensive training, support, and opportunities for career development, alongside company pension and free uniform. Join us to improve the lives of residents through excellent care in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Free/Onsite Parking

Brilliant opportunities for career development

Company pension

Free Uniform and DBS

Qualifications

• Valid RGN NMC Registration required.
• Previous experience in a care home setting desirable.
• Strong organizational skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care to residents.
• Conduct clinical assessments and manage care plans.
• Liaise with health practitioners and support services.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Strong leadership

Communication skills

Understanding of CQC standards

Ability to inspire and motivate

Education

RGN NMC Registration

Minimum 1 year as a Registered Nurse

Job description

If you’re an experienced, compassionate nurse (RGN/RMN) looking to improve the lives of people with long-term care needs, we can offer you a rewarding career at Somerleigh Court.

We’re seeking a qualified registered nurse to lead and support our care team at the care home.

You’ll receive comprehensive training to help you adjust to nursing in a care home setting and ongoing development to help you progress your career.

Who We’re Looking For

• Valid RGN NMC Registration.
• Previous experience within a similar setting is desirable but not essential.
• A minimum of 1 year's experience as a Registered Nurse.
• A clear understanding of CQC standards/ legislation.
• Strong leader, highly clinically skilled, well organised, able to take the lead.
• Great written and verbal skills for communication and understanding.
• Previous experience of PCS and electronic care planning.
• Able to inspire, motivate and lead by example.
• Flexible approach to the rota to meet the needs of the home
• Free/Onsite Parking
• Brilliant opportunities for career development.
• Company pension.
• Free Uniform and DBS.

How You’ll Make a Difference

By providing the highest quality of nursing care, you’ll be helping to improve and sustain our residents’ quality of life. Leading and supporting a care team, you’ll:

• Provide high quality nursing care to our residents.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of residents, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated, involving residents and users.
• To promote the rights, interests, needs and choices of carers and people with dementia in the planning, delivery and evaluation of care and services.
• To liaise with GPs, case managers, primary health care practitioners, statutory and voluntary agencies, supporting our residents.
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to residents/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur.
• To maintain clinical records and provide verbal and written feedback appropriately and as required, to carers, and persons with dementia as appropriate, and referring agencies and professional colleagues.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely resident, workforce and resource data.
• To integrate into practice current knowledge of dementia and caring, informed by research and other forms of evidence.

About Us

Welford Healthcare was founded in 2017 with the goal of building a boutique collection of quality care homes across the UK. Our strategy is to grow our business by acquiring mature care homes with quality foundations and strong potential for improvement and by investing in our people and our properties to ensure our homes are always inviting and homely. Whilst we are a growing business, we never lose sight of our primary and enduring purpose which is to provide good quality care for vulnerable adults. As we acquire new homes, we leverage our resources and expertise to ensure that the homes we run always have our residents’ wellbeing at their hearts.

Our senior leadership team has extensive experience of operating, opening and acquiring quality care homes with proven track records in regulatory compliance and running commercially successful businesses where meeting the needs and ensuring the happiness of our residents and our teams are the cornerstones of our approach.