Senior Nurse - Care Home - Barchester Healthcare : Job Details

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Senior Nurse (General) at a Barchester care home, youll use your leadership skills to make sure our residents get the quality care were known for. Well look to you to be a hands-on clinical leader that creates a safe and supportive environment for our residents with a range of mental and physical needs. Youll use your professional judgement to make critical clinical decisions, from assessing the needs of a new resident to implementing safeguarding policies and administrating medicines in line with NMC regulations. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, youll support and mentor your team to make sure they have the clinical training they need to deliver the highest standards of nursing. As a Senior Nurse (General), youll have the freedom and autonomy to do things the right way and be truly valued and respected for what you do.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Senior Nurse (General), youll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. Experience of producing care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge on the most recent clinical practices. Well also look for an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. Youll be a natural leader and problem solver who has worked with older people and acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, youll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

If youd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care youd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.