Job Title: Registered Nurse - IPU
Location: Bedford
Type: Permanent
Salary: £27,805 - £30,582 per annum
Sanctuary Personnel are currently seeking a dedicated and skilled Registered Nurse to join our client's dynamic team. As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high standards of personalised nursing care to our service users while leading the care team to ensure the best quality care and support.
Key Relationships:
- Line management responsibility for Healthcare Assistants
- Collaborating with the nursing team and wider multi-disciplinary team
- Taking charge of shifts in the absence of a Senior Nurse/Team Leader
- Working alongside and/or supporting volunteers
- Representing the service at internal and external meetings
- Maintaining communication with all relevant departments
Complexity and Accountability:
- Using initiative and participating in change
- Taking charge of the clinical area in the absence of the Senior Nurse
- Demonstrating effective coping strategies in a stressful environment
- Assisting with care audit programmes and maintaining quality standards
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources
- Maintaining stock control and acting as an authorised signatory
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 develop and maintain high-quality care
- Organising admission and discharge of service users and maintaining records
- Ensuring service users' participation in care planning and review
- Managing service users' care during shifts and communicating with colleagues
- Acting in accordance with all organisational policies and procedures
- Maintaining a safe working environment and ensuring confidentiality
Qualifications required:
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Completion of NMC Standards for Student Supervision and/or Assessment or willingness to undergo 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 (desirable)
- Ability to work both independently and within a team
- Competency in implementing and monitoring clinical standards
- Skills in leadership and supervision
- Proficient IT Skills
Benefits:
- Company pension scheme (or a continuation of NHS pension*)
- 27 days holiday (pro rata) - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Enhanced sick pay
- Corporate discount with hundreds of retailers and services
- Competitive enhanced pay for nights (30%), weekends (30%) & public holidays (60%)
- Staff discount of 10% on new goods online
- Cash referral bonus scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Free uniform
- Greatly subsidised hot and cold food from the in-house kitchen.
- Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities
If you are a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse with a commitment to delivering excellent care, we encourage you to apply now through Sanctuary Personnel. Join us in making a difference in the lives of our service users and their families.
