Lead Registered Nurse

Apply for the Lead Registered Nurse role at Brunelcare
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Are you an experienced registered nurse? Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Do you feel ready to lead in best practice and to be the clinical role model for the nursing team?

If so, there has never been a better time to take the next step within Brunelcare.

You will work closely with the home manager and nurses to promote good practice and provide guidance to new and existing colleagues to support their development.

• Be a positive role model and promote our person‑centred philosophy of care to staff, relatives and visiting professionals in order to maintain a consistently high standard of care and support within the home.
• Oversee the training and administration of drugs by other nursing staff and care staff.
• Ensure that all staff provide care as per care plans that are fully reflective of the person’s current health status.
• Participate in direct care of residents, essential in order to coach and mentor staff in high standards of nursing care across the home.
• Supervise the induction of new staff, and give guidance on mentoring for other staff, encouraging staff members to further develop as individuals.
• Carry out clinical supervision, mentoring and coaching of senior staff members.
• Initiate new ways of working that fully embrace best practice and encourage excellence to flourish throughout the home and the organisation.
• Be the person in charge of the home when the Home Manager is absent and carry out on‑call duties as agreed with the Home Manager.
• Work in partnership with NHS/Intermediate care Somerset to provide care, support, assessment and rehabilitation and will be joining the MDT to continue this exceptional service.

• Experienced registered nurse with an active NMC registration.
• Excellent communication skills and understanding of confidentiality and duty of candour requirements.
• Commitment to the development of staff to empower them to take responsibility for their actions and deliver excellent customer service.
• Passion for enabling older people to live their lives as well as they can regardless of the complexities of their long‑term condition or life‑limiting illness.

• Competitive rates of pay (plus £2 per hour enhancement for weekends, and double pay during bank holidays)
• Support with revalidation and payment for NMC registration renewal
• 33 days paid annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), increasing to 36 after 5 years’ service (pro‑rata)
• Enhanced DBS check & uniform provided
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Company Sick Pay
• Care First Employee Assistance Programme (provides a range of free confidential services)
• £200 refer‑a‑friend bonus
• Plus all the below!