Job Summary
Package Description: Akari Care is a trusted provider of personalised nursing and residential care within local communities across England and Wales. We offer up to £1500 welcome bonus (subject to T&Cs) for all nurses joining our permanent team. We now seek additional Nurses who are passionate about, and thrive on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. Nursing is a professionally stretching and highly rewarding career at Akari Care. You will be responsible for playing a personal and direct, hands-on role in ensuring the highest levels of clinical and medical care to our residents. You will also be leading, coaching, and mentoring a team to ensure you create a warm and inclusive environment in which our residents feel a sense of security and belonging while simultaneously retaining their dignity and self-respect. As reward for your kind and caring approach to our residents, alongside your personal and trusted knowledge, our homes offer a wide range of clinical experiences and opportunities which will enhance and expand your skills and competencies.

Main Duties
As a Registered Nurse at Akari Care, you will play a personal and direct, hands-on role in ensuring the highest levels of clinical and medical care to our residents. You will also be leading, coaching, and mentoring a team to ensure you create a warm and inclusive environment for our residents. Nursing here is both a professionally stretching and highly rewarding career. Akari Care offers a welcome bonus for nurses joining our permanent team, subject to terms and conditions. Our homes offer a variety of clinical experiences and opportunities that will enhance your skills and competencies, enabling both personal and professional growth. We aim to maintain the identity and dignity of our residents, focusing on living life to the fullest for each individual. Our values include being personalised, kind, caring, trusted, and community-oriented.

About Us
Akari Care is a trusted provider of personalised nursing and residential care, serving local communities across England and Wales. We focus on providing high-quality care for older people, helping them live their lives to the fullest with dignity and self-respect. Our team comprises internal colleagues and a range of externally qualified professionals, forming our overall 'care community.' At Akari Care, we are committed to offering a warm and inclusive environment that makes our residents feel secure and valued. We provide a broad range of clinical experiences and opportunities for our team members, allowing for continuous personal and professional development. Our valuesbeing personalised, kind, caring, trusted, and community-focusedguide everything we do.

We never compromise on the quality of our services as a cohesive team consisting of internal colleagues and also an extended range of externally qualified professionals which makes up our overall care community. Our aim is to help maintain the identity and dignity of our residents with a focus on living life to the fullest for each individual. Whether you are experienced working in elderly care or are new to the sector, we are looking for colleagues who can make a difference for our residents within Akari Care.

Our Values

• Personalised
• Kind
• Caring
• Trusted
• Community

If you share our values then we would love to hear from you.

About You

• Are a registered nurse with an active PIN and no restrictions
• A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach
• Proven ability to lead by example, motivate a team and delegate effectively
• Have a coaching style leadership mentality to empower your colleagues
• Good communication and relationship building skills
• Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice
• Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
• Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated

What's in it for you

• A competitive salary of a minimum of £21.20 per hour
• Employers pension contribution of 3%
• Annual NMC fees paid
• We offer Wagestream - a money management app that you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it.
• Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes
• Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
• 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
• Fully funded training and development
• Support with personal development plans
• The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered nurse with an active PIN and no restrictions, caring nature, proven ability to lead by example and motivate a team, coaching style leadership, good communication and relationship building skills, flexible and adaptable, warm and approachable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).