Senior Nurse - Care Home

As a Senior Nurse (General) at Barchester Healthcare, you will lead and ensure the delivery of quality care to residents in a care home setting, specifically catering to a range of mental and physical health needs. This role involves making critical clinical decisions, assessing new residents, implementing safeguarding policies, and administering medicines according to NMC regulations. Mentorship is also crucial, as you will support and guide your team, ensuring their clinical training aligns with the highest standards of nursing. Being a Senior Nurse at Barchester means you are valued and have the autonomy to provide care as you see fit, maintaining a safe environment for residents and supporting newly qualified nurses through their early career stages.

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Senior Nurse (General) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your leadership skills to make sure our residents get the quality care we're known for. We'll look to you to be a hands-on clinical leader that creates a safe and supportive environment for our residents with a range of mental and physical needs. You'll use your professional judgement to make critical clinical decisions, from assessing the needs of a new resident to implementing safeguarding policies and administrating medicines in line with NMC regulations. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you'll support and mentor your team to make sure they have the clinical training they need to deliver the highest standards of nursing. As a Senior Nurse (General), you'll have the freedom and autonomy to do things the right way and be truly valued and respected for what you do.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Senior Nurse (General), you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. Experience of producing care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge on the most recent clinical practices. We'll also look for an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You'll be a natural leader and problem solver who has worked with older people and acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nurses

If you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.

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Barchester Healthcare is a renowned provider in the care sector, dedicated to delivering high-quality care that you would expect for your loved ones. They offer a rewarding work environment where your contributions are truly valued. Their benefits package is one of the best in the sector, including free learning and development opportunities, profit share scheme, holiday, retail, and leisure discounts, plus bonus schemes. They foster an empowering atmosphere by valuing professional judgment and leadership skills, creating a supportive space for both residents and staff. Barchester is an organisation that supports professional growth and provides opportunities, including footing the Skilled Worker visa application fees for eligible nurses, which showcases their commitment to developing a diverse and skilled workforce.

Essential: - Registered Nurse (RGN) with current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification.