Job summary
Nurse (Days). Dalton Court Care Home

Hourly rate: £23.65 per hour
Shift pattern: 8am-8pm
Contracted hours: 44 hours per week
Skilled Worker visa switch possible; no other sponsorship available.

Join our dedicated team at Dalton Court Care Home and play a vital role in delivering outstanding nursing care to our residents every day.

We're looking for a compassionate and professional Registered Nurse who is passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred care and leading clinical excellence.

Main duties of the job
What You'll Do

• Deliver safe, effective nursing care tailored to individual resident needs.
• Lead and support the care team, providing clinical guidance and expertise.
• Administer and manage medications safely and accurately.
• Monitor residents' health and wellbeing, responding promptly to concerns.
• Complete clinical assessments, care plans and documentation.
• Liaise with families, GPs and other healthcare professionals.
• Promote dignity, independence and choice in everything you do.
• Ensure high standards of care, safeguarding and regulatory compliance are maintained.

About us
Why Join Dalton Court?

• Be part of an exceptional team that is passionate about making a difference every day
• Career development and progression opportunities across Sandstone Care Group
• Ongoing training and development to support your professional growth
• Flexible pay options with access to earned wages before payday
• Health and wellbeing support for you and your family
• Employee recognition and reward programmes that celebrate great work
• Exclusive high street discounts at leading retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues

Job responsibilities
Responsibilities and Duties of the Job
Role-specific Duties:
The Registered Nurses responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• 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

Working with Others:

• Develop effective working relationships with all employees within the service
• Work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users in the service

Other Duties:
Other duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any (or all) of the items in the following list:

• Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Work within the NMC Code of Conduct
• 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

Personal and Professional Development:

• 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

Person Specification
Specific Requirement for Qualifications
Essential

• Good English - written and verbal
• Registered with relevant body, e.g. NMC
• Level 1 Registered Nurse Qualification

Desirable

• Supervisory or management qualification

Specific Requirement for Skills
Essential

• Maintain all care plans/care records in accordance with the services 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
• 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
• 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

• 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

Values-based Personal Qualities
Working Together

• Involve Service Users, families, external agencies and colleagues
• Speak up when things go wrong

Respect and Dignity

• Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices
• Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk taking

Everybody Counts

• 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

Commitment to Quality of Care

• 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

Compassion

• 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

Improving Lives

• 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

Qualifications
Essential

• A valid NMC registration (RGN/RMN).

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