Night RGN

Job Type: Part Time

Location: Colchester

Salary: £21.00 per hour

Welcome to Treetops. They are a high dependency residential care home providing 24 hour nursing and personal care for mainly younger disabled adults.

People at Treetops have a wide range of individual choice, enabled by active support from staff. The service takes a person-centred, flexible approach.

They know that everyone’s needs and aspirations are different - that all sorts of things add up to a flourishing life.

The Role:

• To provide leadership to the care support staff ensuring they take their roles effectively and service users receive high standard of care.
• To have a key responsibility for the quality of nursing administration and assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation.
• To be directly involved in the clinical needs of the people residing at the service.

Key Responsibilities

• To act as shift leader when allocated on the roster ensuring that all required tasks to ensure the safety of the service user are undertaken and recorded.
• To monitor that the unit is adequately staffed bringing to the attention of the line manager where there are shortfalls in staffing levels and seek approval for replacement cover
• Act as a role model in the clinical setting demonstrating the delivery of evidenced based, client centred care to service users with physical disabilities with or without a learning disability
• To coordinate, prepare and Participate in service user reviews including preparing of appropriate reports prior to the meetings
• Provide expert nursing advice and support to the multi-disciplinary team caring for service users, especially within the residential home
• Undertake quality standards monitoring and clinical audit system for care of service users with physical disabilities
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that the care delivered to service users, to their family or other carers is quality driven, in line with best practice and quality standards
• Participate in holistic care plan meetings, multi-disciplinary team meetings and case conferences
• Promote a homely atmosphere where service users’ choice, rights freedom and dignity are served.
• Work with the Deputy Manager to identify areas where change is required or where opportunities exist for improving treatment, care and support for service users
• Collaborate with colleagues to identify family and carers needs and advise residential staff on meeting these needs as appropriate

Benefits

• Effective induction and Training in your new role.
• The opportunity to develop and grow into a subject matter expert through a defined career pathway.
• You can join the academy and be supported to achieve a nationally recognised qualification that align with your role and their strategic aims.
• A generous Annual Leave and Pension.
• Access to their Employee Assistance Programme

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please click apply to be redirected to their website where you can complete your application.

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.

The organisation is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore they welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.