Registered Nurse (RMN or RNLD)

Registered Nurse

RMN or RNLD or Dual trained

Up to £40,804pa (pro-rata – 0.60fte)

21 hours over 3 days per week

Permanent – Part-time

BRISTOL – Kingswood(BS15)

We want to make life better for more people. If you are as passionate about quality as we are and you want a role where your skills will make a real difference, this is a great opportunity. You can help us to grow and develop in an exciting business that puts people front and centre of everything we do.

Prestige Nursing & Care has provided home care for over 75 years and we have 30 local offices in England and Scotland. Our aim is to lead the care industry by providing high quality, personalised and specialist services to our clients.

We offer complex nursing care, led by an experienced registered nurse, provided in the client’s own home/ community setting and delivered by a nurse, heath care assistant or support worker.

Our client needs, which vary, mainly arise from physical disability, long term conditions, neurological impairment, sensory impairment, learning disability and autism and mental health issues.

We work in partnership and collaborate with those health-care professionals already involved; we value the importance of integrated and joined-up care provision.

We are looking for a Registered Nurse, qualified either as a RMN or RNLD, who is a dynamic and independent Nursing professional with solid challenging behaviour experience and a flexible, enthusiastic, and can-do attitude to join our Bristol team supporting a gentleman with complex behaviour and social needs clients based in the Kingswood area.

This role requires an experienced registered nurse/ behaviour support practitioner or someone with a demonstrated background in challenging behaviour to provide clinical guidance and leadership to an established team of Support Workers to improve the quality of life of our client by facilitating community access, reviewing PBS and Care plan, attending MDT meetings as required and supporting with medication management.

ROLE PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and professional leadership to a specific client in his own home, to enable the planning and delivery of safe and high-quality complex care provision.

• To be accountable for and lead on the clinical components of care delivery
• To risk assess individual client activities of daily living and to continually provide clinical input, expertise and advice relating to care-planning and delivery across the pathway and evaluate outcomes
• Attend meetings and/or liaise with MDT, commissioners, case managers and family etc
• To act as a clinical role model and leader for all members of staff within the package
• To facilitate and deliver an ongoing programme of clinical knowledge/skills-training and competency assessments to support workers to enable them to competently deliver care with minimal supervision
• Maintain standards, proactively manage clinical risk, complaints and play a pro-active role in quality improvement
• Promote compliance and adherence to internal policies and standards
• Keep abreast of national standards and requirements surrounding adult services, and relevant specialism
• Commitment to improving client/family experience at every step of the care pathway.

KEY ATTRIBUTES/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS (D-Desirable, E-Essential)

• RNLD/RMN/RN with current NMC registration E or a behaviour support practitioner D
• Demonstrated experience of working with patients/clients with challenging behaviour E
• Experience of working with individuals with sensory impairment E
• Significant experience of care management, including relevant clinical experience, in the community or hospital setting with evidence of professional development E
• Management of risk and health and safety E
• Experience of safeguarding adults and children procedures and ability to implement E
• Must have full UK driver’s license and be confident to drive a van E
• Effective communication skills – verbal and written E
• Ability to work on own initiative as well a part of a team – self-motivated E
• Coaching and mentoring skills, teaching qualification D
• Evidence of success in leading/managing significant and sustained change D
• Effective people management skills E
• Ability to negotiate, influence, escalate and seek advice E
• Experience in interpreting and analysing data and meet deadlines D
• Excellent IT and presentation skills E
• Demonstrate knowledge of the theory and application of clinical governance E

What we offer:

• A competitive salary
• 28 days annual leave (includes Bank Holidays) increasing every year by 1 to the maximum of 33 days over 5 years’ service
• An additional day off for your Birthday
• A range of Family Friendly Benefits – designed to offer you more support, flexibility, and additional time off when you most need it.
• Annual leave purchase (ALP) scheme
• Blue Light Card
• Refer with the Care Friends mobile app and earn extra money!
• Cycle to Work scheme for our Head Office, Regional and Branch staff
• Long Service Awards
• Workplace Pension
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) – confidential phone line and online support and resources available to you and your loved ones 24/7
• Supportive working environment with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• A friendly, agile and flexible working culture.

If you are as passionate about quality as we are and want a role where your skills will make a real difference, please feel free to apply and if you wish to know more about this position or what it is like to be part of the Prestige family, get in touch with us at: talent@prestige-nursing.co.uk

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Please note:

As a private provider of Homecare in the UK, Prestige Nursing & Care are not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment Visa at this time.

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced DBS/PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.

We reserve the right to close this position early.