Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Nurse you'll deliver a broad range of healthcare services to older people with mental and physical health needs, offering long term dementia care and bed based reablement for hospital leavers, so no two days are ever the same.

You'll deal with clinical diagnosis and treatment, be responsible for the whole patient experience and build relationships with the people in your care. Our residents are at the heart of everything we do, and our sole aim is to give them the dignity, respect and independence they deserve.

Job responsibilities

As a Nurse you'll deliver a broad range of healthcare services to older people with mental and physical health needs, offering long term dementia care and bed based reablement for hospital leavers, so no two days are ever the same.

You'll deal with clinical diagnosis and treatment, be responsible for the whole patient experience and build relationships with the people in your care. Our residents are at the heart of everything we do, and our sole aim is to give them the dignity, respect and independence they deserve.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Nurse with current NMC registration.

Desirable

• Good knowledge and understanding of elderly care and the Health and Social
• Care agenda.
• Good working knowledge of clinical governance standards.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting.
• Experience of involving residents/families or carers in care planning,
• monitoring and evaluating services.

Desirable

• Skills
• Good clinical skills.
• Able to provide direct care for the client group you'll be working with and have
• an understanding of how care is delivered in a social care setting.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written).
• Basic IT skills/or a willingness to undertake training.
• Good organisational skills for managing your own time.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Be responsible, accountable and flexible when making decisions.
• Able to identify new developments in Health and suggest relevant changes for
• the service.
• Able to build and sustain positive and professional relationships with residents,
• families, carers, other professionals and colleagues.
• Able to support and mentor students and more junior colleagues within the
• team.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Qualified Nurse with current NMC registration.

Desirable

• Responsible, accountable and flexible when making decisions and deciding
• actions.
• Flexible and can positively respond to the changing needs of the service and
• people who use it.
• Promotes inclusion and diversity, demonstrating this through behaviour,
• language and interaction.
• Shows compassion, empathy and respect.
• Is committed to demonstrating the organisation's values and behaviours in your
• work.

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Nurse with current NMC registration.

Desirable

• Good knowledge and understanding of elderly care and the Health and Social
• Care agenda.
• Good working knowledge of clinical governance standards.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting.
• Experience of involving residents/families or carers in care planning,
• monitoring and evaluating services.

Desirable

• Skills
• Good clinical skills.
• Able to provide direct care for the client group you'll be working with and have
• an understanding of how care is delivered in a social care setting.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written).
• Basic IT skills/or a willingness to undertake training.
• Good organisational skills for managing your own time.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Be responsible, accountable and flexible when making decisions.
• Able to identify new developments in Health and suggest relevant changes for
• the service.
• Able to build and sustain positive and professional relationships with residents,
• families, carers, other professionals and colleagues.
• Able to support and mentor students and more junior colleagues within the
• team.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Qualified Nurse with current NMC registration.

Desirable

• Responsible, accountable and flexible when making decisions and deciding
• actions.
• Flexible and can positively respond to the changing needs of the service and
• people who use it.
• Promotes inclusion and diversity, demonstrating this through behaviour,
• language and interaction.
• Shows compassion, empathy and respect.
• Is committed to demonstrating the organisation's values and behaviours in your
• work.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire County Council

Address

Bickerley Green Residential Home

Kingsburys Lane

Ringwood

Hampshire

BH24 1EL

Employer's website

https://www.hants.gov.uk/jobs (Opens in a new tab)