Colten Care Ltd
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Sturminster Newton, Dorset
Senior Nurse (Nights) Up to £2000 welcome payment
Overview
Job Description
Created on: 9th June 2020 Reference No. NTXWK529142 Closing date: 10th July 2020 SENIOR REGISTERED NURSE, NIGHTS Based at Newstone House, Sturminster Newton, Dorset 36 or 42 hours per week, nights, including alternate weekends Additional hours / overtime opportunities available to suit your circumstances Up to £24.12 per hour inclusive of all enhancements £2000 welcome bonus, paid in instalments* You are proud to care...join Colten Care and make a difference By joining us as a Senior Nurse, you will be part of our amazing, multi-award-winning team, providing the highest standards of care and comfort to our residents supporting their health and wellbeing - making a difference. And right now, we are looking to recruit more key workers like you to join us. We have immediate Senior Nurse positions available, all with the prospect of further career progression, so if you have up-to-date clinical skills and at least two years' experience why not talk to us? You'll be joining a long-standing beacon of excellence in older person's care, recognised as the UK's highest rated 'Large Care Home Group' on the public review site Carehome.co.uk (rating awarded March 2020). Not only that, when we surveyed our Nurses in 2019, 96% told us they felt valued and had the variety and freedom to provide consistently good care; 96% felt Colten Care put residents first. 97% felt they were well equipped to confidently lead their teams and 97% felt that Colten Care was a well led company, able to deliver excellent clinical care with compassion and heartfelt commitment. So, what does the job involve? Working within a close-knit team of Nurses and Carers, you'll be responsible for the health and wellbeing of residents, applying sound clinical judgement to manage a wide variety of acute and chronic conditions. You will lead and enable colleagues to provide outstanding, evidence-based, individualised nursing care, regularly updating person-centred care plans. We will expect you to demonstrate strong leadership and clinical excellence within the nursing team; role modelling and promoting best practice in wound management, nutrition, tissue viability, end-of-life care and other essential clinical interventions. You'll proactively engage in the development of Nurses. Trainee Nursing Associates and Healthcare Assistants, improving the skills and confidence of the team to ensure clinical excellence is delivered in line with the company's standards and those of our regulators. In return, we will support you in so many ways. Unlike some other providers, we offer excellent staff ratios and clinical training. As well as fellow Nurses, you have the reassurance of working directly alongside Senior Care Leads with 24/7 on-call support from other Clinical and Quality experts and a dedicated Admiral Nurse team supporting our dementia care communities. Our extensive university partnerships generate opportunities not only for first, second and third-year student nurses, but also those colleagues keen to progress their careers studying as Trainee Nursing Associates. Why choose Colten Care? As a Senior Nurse you will never be on your own. There is always someone to support you. We are independently recognised as the UK's leading care home group for our size. The national public review site Carehome.co.uk scores us at a remarkable 9.9 out of ten, the highest of its Top 20 Large Care Home Groups. A family-owned care home provider with 21 homes in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and West Sussex. All are fantastic homely environments registered for nursing care, with four specifically dedicated to dementia care. Seven of our homes are officially rated Outstanding by our sector regulator the Care Quality Commission, confirming our place in the elite of all homes nationally. As you go forward as a senior practitioner at Colten Care, you have a unique opportunity - thanks to our dedicated Nurse Learning and Development Manager - to refresh and gain new skills and to pursue further study and career opportunities. Interested? Here are some more reasons to join Colten Care: * Day and night shifts available * Paid breaks and free meals on duty * Staff recommendation scheme * Support to achieve revalidation * Annual NMC subscription reimbursed * Planned and fully supported induction regardless of experience * Staff rewards, company recognition and awards night * Clinical and dementia care conferences led by the Colten team * Opportunities for career development to Clinical Lead and beyond * Support with practice supervision and assessor roles in line with NMC guidelines * Payment towards Tier 2 visa application for eligible nurses * Hands-on practical training plus access to Health Education England and Nursing Times' e-Learning modules * Clinical skills updates on subjects including venepuncture, catheterisation, T34 syringe driver, end-of-life care, leadership skills and much more. *Welcome bonus paid over three instalments; £500 following first 4 weeks of service; £500