Registered Nurse

Overview

Hours: Days, Nights or Bank contracts available. Paid breaks.

Location: Langford Park Nursing Home, Langford Road, Exeter, EX5 5AG

If you’re an experienced, compassionate nurse (
RGN/RMN
) looking to improve the lives of people with long-term care needs, we can offer you a rewarding career at Langford Park.

We’re seeking a qualified registered nurse to lead and support our care team at the care home.

You’ll receive comprehensive training to help you adjust to nursing in a care home setting and ongoing development to help you progress your career.

• Lead and support the care team at the care home.
• Provide high quality nursing care to residents.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of residents, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated, involving residents and carers.
• Promote the rights, interests, needs and choices of carers and people with dementia in planning, delivery and evaluation of care and services.
• Liaise with GPs, case managers, primary health care practitioners, statutory and voluntary agencies, supporting residents.
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to residents, carers and the multi-professional team, including situations where understanding may be difficult.
• Maintain clinical records and provide verbal and written feedback to carers and persons with dementia as appropriate, and referring agencies and professional colleagues.
• Utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely resident, workforce and resource data.
• Integrate current knowledge of dementia and caring into practice, informed by research and other evidence.

• Valid RGN/NMC registration.
• Previous experience within a similar setting is desirable but not essential.
• A minimum of 1 year’s experience as a Registered Nurse.
• A clear understanding of CQC standards/legislation.
• Strong leadership, clinical skill, organisation, and the ability to lead by example.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with PCS and electronic care planning.
• Able to inspire, motivate and lead by example.
• Flexible approach to the rota to meet the needs of the home.

• Free onsite parking
• Paid breaks
• Excellent opportunities for career development
• Company pension
• Free uniform and DBS

By providing the highest quality of nursing care, you’ll help improve and sustain residents’ quality of life. Leading and supporting a care team, you’ll:

• Provide high quality nursing care to residents.
• Be responsible for clinical assessment of residents, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated.
• Promote the rights, interests, needs and choices of carers and people with dementia in planning, delivery and evaluation of care and services.
• Liaise with GPs, case managers, primary health care practitioners, statutory and voluntary agencies, supporting residents.
• Communicate clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to residents, carers and the multi-professional team; handle difficulties in comprehension when needed.
• Maintain clinical records and provide feedback to carers and persons with dementia as appropriate, and referring agencies and professional colleagues.
• Utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely data.
• Integrate current knowledge of dementia and caring into practice, informed by research and other evidence.

Welford Healthcare was founded in 2017 with the goal of building a boutique collection of quality care homes across the UK. Our strategy is to grow our business by acquiring mature care homes with quality foundations and strong potential for improvement and by investing in our people and our properties to ensure our homes are always inviting and homely. We aim to provide good quality care for vulnerable adults, and to ensure residents’ wellbeing is at the heart of our operations.

Our senior leadership team has extensive experience in regulatory compliance and running successful businesses where residents’ happiness and team wellbeing are central to our approach.