Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £32,602 – £39,686 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
Rosewood is a registered care home with nursing services, accommodating up to eight individuals with learning disabilities and associated profound physical and health needs. The home is registered to perform two regulated activities:
1. Providing accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care.
2. Treating disease, disorder, or injury.
Rosewood is a spacious, purpose-built bungalow featuring eight large single rooms. These rooms are designed to cater to both male and female adults and include overhead tracking systems. Some rooms are also equipped with epilepsy monitoring systems, enabling us to meet the complex needs of each resident.
Our dedicated staff team comprises both nursing care professionals and support workers. They are committed to helping residents engage in active lifestyles that support their personal aspirations and life dreams.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of person-centred care and to be responsible for the supervision of junior staff and students. To take a greater leadership role in the home in the absence of the manager/ other senior staff.
The post holder would be expected to participate in forthcoming/future staff rotation schemes and work flexibly to meet the needs of the home. If the post holder is newly qualified, they will be offered a comprehensive preceptorship package.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
SEE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR MORE DETAIL.
- Act as Shift Leader, keyworker, and delegate responsibilities to colleagues in line with people’s needs and preferences, ensuring the shift planner is updated accordingly.
- Support people with their medication, Administration, ordering, and stock checking.
- Assist individuals with eating and drinking.
- Support personal hygiene needs and all aspects of personal care, such as bathing/ showering and support with continence needs.
- Support physical care needs which may be due to a range of acute or chronic difficulties and includes manual handling using equipment provided.
- Contribute to, monitor and record, health checks, risk assessments and care plans, using physical records and/or digital tools (depending on registered home).
- Promote and respond to the choices and preferences of the people we support, as detailed in person-centered plans.
- Support an active and enjoyable lifestyle of individuals, by encouraging a range of leisure and social interests. Support on holidays, as identified in their person-centered plans.
- Support individuals to maintain and extend their family connections, friendships, and social networks.
- Where appropriate, actively support individuals to pursue paid/unpaid work and educational opportunities.
To provide person centered support as identified within the care plan ensuring respect, privacy and dignity always.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registration as RNLD, RMN , OR RG
- If Successful Willing to complete Nightingale Challenge Leadership Programme.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability and Autism.
- Experience of working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading a shift
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
