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RMN

Salary: Varied
Travel across Cornwall required
£38 – 40 per hour
Work flexibly to suit your lifestyle and family requirements. We have a variety of shifts including Early, Late, Twilight, Nights, Sleep-In’s and can offer Block Booking and Locum opportunities. Our company is built on a foundation of placing people at the heart of everything they do. We are united by a passion for using high-quality care to enrich and transform the lives of families, and their loved ones. It is our aim to create a caring, collaborative, community of health and social care professionals creating a culture where everyone can feel safe, supported and valued; whether they are a user of the service, work in it, or, with it. We believe everyone benefits from feeling listened to, appreciated and supported in having their needs met.
Job purpose
To positively support the Deputy Manager in providing leadership to the care staff within the service
To maintain skills at a current level and undertake such training and development as may, from
time-to-time, be required to maintain that currency of practice
To manage the service in accordance with standards agreed with the Registered Manager, Registered Provider, legislative requirements, relevant regulations, in line with accepted best practice and within the financial plans agreed, from time-to time, with the Registered Provider
Ensure that service users are at the heart of the care delivery and their wishes and preferences enhance their wellbeing
Undertake the care planning activities for service users to meet changing physical, psychological and social needs, taking into consideration privacy, dignity, personal choice and informed consent
Ensure care plans are developed in collaboration with service users, their families and friends (where appropriate) and members of the multidisciplinary team
Undertake all aspects of medicine management in line with legal, professional and regulatory
requirements
Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals supported by the service
Develop effective working relationships with all employees within the service
Work in partnership with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users in the service
Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth
Work within the NMC Code of Conduct
To understand, adhere, and keep up to date with policies and procedures.
To provide leadership to the care and nursing functions of the service
To provide nursing care in accordance with current best practice, according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations under the direction of the Manager and within the financial plans agreed from time-to-time
Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by management
Be registered with the NMC and work within the Code of Conduct
To comply with NMC requirements for revalidation every three years; this will require (among other measures) obtaining practice-based feedback, reflective discussions, written self-reflections on practice, and obtaining confirming evidence of continued adherence to the NMC codes of practice from a health care professional, normally the line manager.
Requirements
Skills
Maintain all care plans/care records in accordance with the service’s policy and audit care records following company policy to ensure compliance
Registered Nurses need to be able to adapt and address situations quickly
Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and wellbeing
Recognise and report situations where there might be a need for protection or to raise a potential safeguarding concern.
Promote the effective resolution of team conflicts
Ensure there are always adequate staff with the necessary skills on duty
Share in the development of the strategic plans of the service
Conduct mock inspections of the service and action plan the shortfalls identified
Supervise and communicate effectively with staff to ensure that shifts run smoothly, making sure all work is carried out in an organised and efficient manner, taking into consideration peoples’ preferences
Liaise appropriately with all visitors and callers to the service
Undertaking and undergoing formal supervision
Desirable
Good English – written and verbal
Registered with relevant body, e.g. NMC
Level 1 Registered Nurse Qualification
Maintain PDP, attending workshops commensurate with the role to develop and maintain best practice
Supervisory or management qualification
Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of the healthcare sector and relevant legislation
The social care sector, commissioning, and local authorities
Previous experience of working in similar environments
Previous experience of working in similar supervisory roles
Experience of working with service users, in particular, those that may have additional support needs
Knowledge of rota planning, ensuring adequate staff on duty with the correct skill mix, and fair allocation of off duty/annual leave
Involve Service Users, families, external agencies and colleagues
Personal attributes / other requirements
Speak up when things go wrong
Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices
Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk taking
Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded
Understand human rights and impact on care delivery
Facilitating people to ‘speak up’ about concerns and acting upon them
Striving for quality in everything we do, recognising and understanding what quality in care means for people using the services
Being accepting about criticism and focusing on improvement
Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge
Treating people with kindness
Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of employment
Understanding the values of others and always providing a caring service
Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas
Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to people using the service
Improving outcomes for people
Ensuring appropriate services are provided for people using the services
CULTURE | COLLEAGUE | COLLABORATION | COMMITMENT | CAPABILITY | COMPETENCE | CONTRIBUTION

Support Worker

Salary: Varied
Travel across Cornwall required
£18 – 20 per hour
Sleep in £7-15 per hour
Work flexibly to suit your lifestyle and family requirements. We have a variety of shifts including Early, Late, Twilight, Nights, Sleep-In’s and can offer Block Booking and Locum opportunities. Our company is built on a foundation of placing people at the heart of everything they do. We are united by a passion for using high-quality care to enrich and transform the lives of families, and their loved ones. It is our aim to create a caring, collaborative, community of health and social care professionals creating a culture where everyone can feel safe, supported and valued; whether they are a user of the service, work in it, or, with it. We believe everyone benefits from feeling listened to, appreciated and supported in having their needs met.
Duties
To provide care in accordance with best practice and legislative requirements, reflecting policies and procedures, and agreed standards, under the direction of the senior carer/lead nurse or office/registered manager.
To support and enable supported individuals, whilst delivering person-centred care unique to each individual
Support the senior carer / nurse and registered manager to be proactive in any changes to the care plans, elevating issues as necessary.
To maintain skills at current level, or learning new skills, being responsible for keeping all training up to date
To be prepared to travel to various care home/hospital and homecare locations
Support the supported individuals to retain and create new relationships with their local community
Ensure care plans and relevant paperwork is followed
To be adept at using electronic care notes where full training will be given.
Be responsible for the safeguarding and promoting of the welfare of the individuals that we support.
Develop effective working relationships with fellow support workers and the office team
Work in collaboration and partnership with other members of the multi-disciplinary team
To act as an ambassador at all times
Requirements
Clear and concise written and spoken English communication skills
Learning disabilities and mental health
Empathy and independence building skills for supported individuals
Strong time management and organisational skills
Demonstrable problem-solving skills
Demonstrable caring nature and at least one years’ experience in a care role / and/or Health and Social Care Level 3
Ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities
High attention to detail
Working with people who may challenge / tendency towards aggression
Knowledge and understanding of the healthcare sector and relevant legislation The social care sector, commissioning, and local authorities
Personal Attributes
Career focussed and eager to learn
Proactive and organised.
Enjoys working with people
A problem solver who is self-motivated and flexible
Enjoys working in a fast paced, team environment
A strong team player demonstrating loyalty and commitment to company, clients, and teams
Understand the 7 Cs: CULTURE COLLEAGUE COLLABORATION COMMITMENT CAPABILITY COMPETENCE CONTRIBUTION
Desirable
Level 3 in Health and Social Care
Experience dealing with or within a high-pressure environment
Experience apps for electronic care note taking
Benefits
lexibility- We have a variety of shifts including Early, Late, Twilight, Nights, Sleep-In’s and can offer Block Booking and Locum opportunities.
Free Training
Supportive, established company
Competitive weekly pay
Enhanced bank holiday rates
£30 crisis rate for the first 72 hours of crisis package.