Job Title: Registered Nurse - IPU
Location: Reading
Type: Permanent
Salary: £30,601 - £34,699 per annum
Sanctuary Personnel is currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse to join our client's team, providing exceptional personalised nursing care for our service users. As a Registered Nurse, you will play a crucial role in leading our care team to deliver high-quality support to service users and their families.
Key Relationships:
- Line management responsibility for Healthcare Assistants
- Collaborating with the nursing team and the wider multi-disciplinary team
- Taking charge of shifts in the absence of a Senior Nurse/Team Leader
- Working alongside and supporting volunteers within the team
- Representing the service at internal and external meetings
- Maintaining effective communication with all departments
Complexity and Accountability:
- Using initiative and problem-solving skills
- Taking charge of the clinical area in the absence of the Senior Nurse
- Demonstrating effective coping strategies in a stressful environment
- Participating in care audits and research activities
- Maintaining responsibility for equipment, resources, and stock control
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing support, leadership, recognition, and supervision to team members
- Demonstrating activities to new or less experienced colleagues
- Supporting education, training, and guidance to carers, colleagues, and students
- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualised clinical care
- Using evidence-based practice to improve service users' care
- Organising admissions, discharges, and maintaining records
- Ensuring service user participation in care planning
- Managing service users' care during shifts and liaising with medical and nursing colleagues
- Adhering to all policies and procedures
- Maintaining a safe working environment and confidentiality
Qualifications Required:
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Completion of NMC Standards for Student Supervision and/or Assessment or willingness to complete training
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience, Skills, and Ability:
- Effective communication skills
- Knowledge of current legislation within the independent care sector
- Experience in neurological or palliative care is desirable
- Ability to work both independently and within a team
- Competent in implementing and monitoring clinical standards
- Demonstrable leadership and supervision skills
- Competent IT skills
Benefits:
- Enhanced pay for unsociable hours
- Company pension scheme
- 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Continuation of NHS pension (T&Cs apply)
If you are a passionate and dedicated Registered Nurse looking to make a difference in the lives of others, we would love to hear from you. Apply now through Sanctuary Personnel to join our team!
