Package Description
About Us
Encore provides the finest care, comfort, and companionship, and delivers expertise in all five types of elderly care: dementia, nursing, residential, respite and palliative. Our four beautiful homes in Bournemouth, Oakdale, Great Oaks, Fairmile Grange, and Southampton's Hamble Heights provide the perfect haven for our wonderful residents. At Encore, we take immense pride in our exceptional team members who create a sense of belonging, making every resident feel like a cherished member of our extended family. They are the heart and soul of our homes, ensuring that each moment is cherished, and every day is celebrated.
About the Bank-Registered Nurse:
Encore are looking for an outstanding Registered Nurse to be part of our exceptional team on a Casual / Bank basis at our Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth. As a Registered Nurse your focus will be to support our residents by providing high quality nursing care and guidance for your colleagues to improve the quality of care we deliver. You will be responsible for the clinical assessment of our residents, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated.
Main duties and responsibilities as Bank-Registered Nurse:
- 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.
Skills and experience you need as a Bank-Registered Nurse:
- Valid RGN NMC Registration.
- Experience within a health and social care setting with older people.
- 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.
- Good IT skills and confidence in computer-based work.
- Able to inspire, motivate and lead by example.
- Flexible approach to the rota to meet the needs of the home
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Our Values:
At Encore Care Home, we believe in the power of people. We foster a joyful environment where residents and staff can truly enjoy themselves. No two days are ever the same as we embrace spontaneity and go with the flow. We encourage creativity to connect with each resident in thoughtful and imaginative ways. We are a family, offering support and a friendly ear to lean on.
Encore is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our residents and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to undertake a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check.
We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to equality and diversity among our employees and applicants. We ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and equally throughout our recruitment process. We are determined to prevent discrimination based on sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, education, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.