Lead Registered Nurse

at  Brunelcare

Are you an experienced registered nurse? Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Do you feel ready to lead in best practice and to be the clinical role model for the nursing team?
If so, there has never been a better time to take the next step with Brunelcare.

ABOUT US

Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol-based charity providing high-quality housing, care, and support for older people in the South West whilst also recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people with dementia. We are at the forefront of developing ways for people to stay as independent as possible whilst creating great communities to live, work, and thrive.

You will work closely with the home manager and nurses to promote good practice and provide guidance to new and existing colleagues to support their development. You will also:

• Be a positive role model and promote our person-centred philosophy of care to staff, relatives and visiting professionals in order to maintain a consistently high standard of care and support within the home.
• Oversee the training and administration of drugs by other nursing staff and care staff.
• Ensure that all staff provide care as per care plans that are fully reflective of the person’s current health status.
• Participate in direct care of residents, essential in order to coach and mentor staff in high standards of nursing care across the home.
• Supervise the induction of new staff, be able to give guidance on mentoring for other staff. To encourage staff members to further develop as individuals.
• Carry out clinical supervision, mentoring and coaching of senior staff members.
• Initiate new ways of working that fully embraces best practice and encourages excellence to flourish throughout the home and the organisation.
• Be the person in charge of the home when the Home Manager is absent and carry out on-call duties as agreed with the Home Manager.
• Works in partnership with NHS/Intermediate care Somerset to provide care, support, assessment and rehabilitation and will be joining the MDT to continue this exceptional service.