Residential Staff Nurse - Elderly Care

at  Comfort Keepers Homecare Ireland

THE COMPANY:

Comfort Keepers Ireland is one of the largest home care providers in Ireland. Our mission to provide our clients with the highest level of quality of life that is achievable. We shall treat each of our clients and colleagues with the respect and dignity they deserve, as though we were caring for a member of our own family.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Reporting to the Care Unit Manager, we are recruiting a permanent full time Staff Nurse working a 4 cycle roster to support our existing team and maintain the highest standards of person centred care to our residents.
The role is based within a small private Care Facility located Dublin 16. You will evaluate, plan, and implement Care to the highest professional and ethical standards daily, to provide holistic, person centred care, encouraging and supporting independence and enhancing the quality of life for our Residents.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Practice and support Comfort Keepers values, policies, procedures, guidelines and any new initiatives as directed.
• Maintain a high standard of professional behaviour and be accountable for your practice.
• Be aware of ethical policies and procedures relevant to your area of practice
• Manage the Health Care Assistants in providing high quality direct and indirect care
• Assist in improving Care Unit processes and practices. Identify areas for quality improvement regarding gaining and sustaining HIQA Standards
• Assist Residents at functions, gatherings, outings and at meal-times
• Provide effective and efficient holistic nursing care. Assess the physical, psychological, social, spiritual and cultural needs of the Residents. Offer insight for the individuals Care provision in conjunction with GP, clinical staff and other disciplines supporting the Residents
• Co-operate with and drive the Infection Control Policies of the Care facility in the management and prevention of infection
• Comply with the medication policy and to ensure that regulations for safe keeping and recording of scheduled drugs are adhered to
• Be accountable for decision making regarding the residents nursing care and refer appropriately to the Clinical Nurse Manager
• Always be an advocate for the individual Resident
• Develop and promote good interpersonal relationships with Residents and the support teams in the consistent promotion of person centred care
• Respond effectively and quickly in an emergency
• Report and consult with the senior nursing management on clinical issues as appropriate. Report verbally and in writing pertinent resident care information to appropriate nursing / medical officer and other clinical staff
• Provide and maintain a safe environment for self, colleagues and residents. Be aware of health and safety issues
• Ensure all nursing and non-nursing procedures are carried out professionally and safely
• Ensure that the care setting is maintained in good order and that all supplies are adequate
• Report adverse occurrences in line with policy, including incident reports, near miss reports, medication error reports
• Ensure that the equipment is safe to use and report any malfunctions in a timely manner
• Respect and maintain the privacy, dignity and confidentiality of the Residents always
• Ensure all documentation relating to Residents is accurately maintained. Ensure that the resident’s care plan is updated regularly as required. Ensure documentation pertaining to the Residents is stored in a confidential manner as per HIQA regulations