Key details
About the role
A typical day
A Registered Nurse will be expected to provide clinical leadership and demonstrate the capacity to assist the Matron in undertaking daily management of the Home and organisation. A Registered Nurse will be expected to work competently in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures, fulfilling the requirements of their professional code of conduct.
Key Responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities
Deliver a high standard of clinical, holistic, and person-centred care within Benoni Nursing Home, ensuring that practice is based upon current evidence-based approach.
Demonstrate effective leadership to our team of healthcare assistants, offering clinical supervision, and supporting the Matron in the assessment of individual competency and performance.
Effectively mentor the Assistant Practitioners and student nurses within our organisation, delegating clinical tasks in accordance with their scope of practice, whilst supporting them in the development of their clinical competence.
Lead in the process of developing holistic, person-centred care plans for our service users, ensuring their care needs are appropriately identified with clear support plans formulated to address these.
Ensure that prescribed medications are administered correctly in accordance with prescribing instructions and regulatory requirements.
Undertake clinical interventions as appropriate and required, including (but not limited to) venepuncture, cannulation, catheterisation, enteral feeding, intra-venous administration of medication, wound management, preparation of sub-cutaneous infusions, and verification of death.
Demonstrate competence in the management of First Aid provision and Basic Life Support.
Demonstrate competence in clinical assessment utilising an A to E approach in identifying deterioration, showing awareness of the identification and treatment of sepsis markers.
Support the Matron in daily management of the organisation, working towards ensuring the organisation’s aims and philosophy of care are promoted and achieved.
Demonstrate awareness and understanding of mental capacity, deprivation of liberty, and safeguarding vulnerable adults. Be aware of the processes in which referral within each of these areas take place in accordance with the organisation’s policy and regulatory requirements.
Refer and liaise with members of the multidisciplinary tea, where need identifies a requirement for specialist advice and support.
Build effective professional relationships with our service users and their family or significant others, ensuring that they are involved and informed within the planning and evaluation of care provision.
Any other reasonable management request.
About Benoni Nursing Home
We provide accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care, dementia, physical disabilities, treatment of disease, disorder or injury, caring for adults over 65 yrs. We pride ourselves on our happy, relaxed environment, and our beautiful location near the sea in Cornwall, striving to create a “home from home”.
We are a small independent home that supports up to 25 individuals, with strong ties to our local community. At Benoni, we focus on what matters to our residents, considering the best possible methods to enrich and support their lives, integrating many homeopathic treatments alongside conventional western practice. These include, but are not limited to, reiki, aromatherapy, meditation, and reminiscence therapy.
We are looking for individuals who:
Are compassionate and have a desire to support the wellbeing of others
Have an enthusiastic approach to work and are seeking new challenges
All staff are supported during induction by our team leaders and will be allocated a mentor/buddy to support a smooth transition into our team. Experience is not essential as full training will be provided. All you need is a willingness and enthusiasm to offer care and support.
For further information, please get in touch. We hope to speak to you soon.
