Job title: Registered Mental Health Nurse

Contract: Permanent

Hours:  Full Time, 38.5 hours per week

Salary: £19.50 - £23.00 (Depending on Qualifications and Experience)

Locations: Our Nursing Homes across Bristol and Bath.

Job Role:

Supports the care team and senior management in a way that promotes the Cedar Care Vision to create a strong and nurturing family, where care is based on building of respectful relationships amongst residents and the staff that assist them, resulting in a feeling of security, contentment and a sense of belonging.

In doing so the Senior nurse assists in implementing and monitoring systems and ensures compliance to maintain:

• Deliver clinical Nursing Care through assessing and monitoring residents needs and undertaking clinical procedures and administering medication.
• Be a role model and advocate a holistic approach to care working with the wider nursing home team (Named Carers, Care Assistants, Well-being Team and ancillary teams)
• Lead on Admissions, complex Clinical care needs, medical emergencies and end of life care.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with external bodies such as GPs and Pharmacists.
• Maintain positive relationships with Residents, their family and friends.
• Maintain accurate records relating to clinical care, e.g. care plans, audits, incidents, changes to health and well-being, health and safety and manual handling.

Required Skills, Abilities and Experience:

Essential

• Qualified and NMC Registered Nurse (adult level 1), RN1/RN3
• Working knowledge and understanding of the CQC Regulations and the Essential Standards of Quality and Safety, Infection Control, Medication, GDPR, NMCs standards and guidance and the Mental Capacity Act.
• Experience of working with older people, those with a disability, and/or dementia
• Experience of working in a nursing homes.
• Experience of conducting clinical audits and risk assessments
• Experience of writing and reviewing care plans
• Knowledge of good practice in relation to health and safety, first aid, moving and handling and infection control
• Experience of keeping accurate records
• In depth understanding of the ageing process

Desirable

• Working (or willing to work) towards further professional qualifications
• People management skills
• Experience of quality assurance systems
• Experience of reviewing and developing internal practices and policies

The Benefits of Working with Cedar Care:

• You will receive free Cedar Care induction training including care certificate
• Refresher training with the opportunity for career progression.
• Cycle to work scheme
• A pension scheme with an employer contribution**
• Free parking across all of our homes
• 28 Days Annual Leave including Bank Holidays
• Health benefits platform.
• Access to the Blue light Card program that offers thousands of retail discounts online and on the high street.
• ****Offers subject to satisfactory references and DBS******
• **Subject to the completion of a probationary period

--Due to high volume of applications we are unable to notify applicants if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks you can assume your application has not been successful