Registered Nurse with dementia experience

Working as an RGN Nurse (Registered General Nurse) means:

• Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, and long term service users.
• Behave in a professional and discreet manner at all times and in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code.
• Be competent and confident in managing people with long term health conditions.
• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for service users with complex needs.
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for service users (as appropriate).
• Prioritize health problems and intervene appropriately to assist service users in complex,urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Recognize and work within your own competence level
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of service user interaction and consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Support, manage and guide support workers on a daily basis.
• Continual personal development to develop oneself and the role.
• Administering medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians
• Providing direct patient care including wound dressing, bathing, feeding and monitoring vital signs
• Documenting residents health status and maintaining accurate medical records
• Communicating with residents family members and healthcare team about their condition and progress
• Providing emotional support and therapeutic communication to residents and their families
• Supervising and training nursing assistants and junior nursing staff
• Ensuring compliance with all health and safety regulations, including sanitation and infection control
• Coordinating with other healthcare professionals, such as doctors, therapists, and dietitians
  
  You must have a UK Registered Nurse Qualification (RGN)
• Active UK NMC PIN
• Clear DBS And 2 satisfactory references
• Right to work in the UK
• Experience in a similar role in Nursing home is desirable
• Demonstrate an understanding and application of relevant legislation in relation to the role
• Able to deliver nursing care in a clinical environment
• Excellent skills and knowledge of the job role
• Valid NMC UK PIN number without restrictions
• Proven experience in clinical settings is desirable
• Ability to communicate well at all levels is essential along with a flexible approach
• Team player
• Genuine interest in working within a care home setting.