Senior Nurse - Care Home

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  • Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
  • £20.91 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 12 days ago
This Senior Nurse (General) role at a Barchester care home offers an excellent opportunity to use your leadership skills and clinical expertise to ensure residents receive high-quality care. As a hands-on clinical leader, you'll make critical decisions, support your team, and help maintain a safe and nurturing environment for residents with varied needs.Main duties of the jobAs a Senior Nurse (General) at a Barchester care home, you'll be responsible for a wide range of duties, from assessing new residents' needs and implementing safeguarding policies to administering medicines and mentoring your team. You'll use your professional judgment to make crucial clinical decisions and ensure the highest standards of nursing care. This role provides the freedom and autonomy to do things the right way, with the opportunity to be truly valued for your contributions.About usBarchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes in the UK. The company is committed to delivering exceptional care and supporting its staff to develop their skills and reach their full potential.DetailsDate posted22 August 2025Pay schemeOtherSalary£20.91 an hourContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time, Part-timeReference number1367828917Job locationsBarchester HealthcareDumfriesDG2 9JWJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesABOUT THE ROLEAs a Senior Nurse (General) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your leadership skills to make sure our residents get the quality care we're known for. We'll look to you to be a hands-on clinical leader that creates a safe and supportive environment for our residents with a range of mental and physical needs. You'll use your professional judgement to make critical clinical decisions, from assessing the needs of a new resident to implementing safeguarding policies and administrating medicines in line with NMC regulations. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you'll support and mentor your team to make sure they have the clinical training they need to deliver the highest standards of nursing. As a Senior Nurse (General), you'll have the freedom and autonomy to do things the right way and be truly valued and respected for what you do.ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Senior Nurse (General), you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. Experience of producing care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge on the most recent clinical practices. We'll also look for an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You'll be a natural leader and problem solver who has worked with older people and acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nursesIf you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesABOUT THE ROLEAs a Senior Nurse (General) at a Barchester care home, you'll use your leadership skills to make sure our residents get the quality care we're known for. We'll look to you to be a hands-on clinical leader that creates a safe and supportive environment for our residents with a range of mental and physical needs. You'll use your professional judgement to make critical clinical decisions, from assessing the needs of a new resident to implementing safeguarding policies and administrating medicines in line with NMC regulations. As part of your wide range of responsibilities, you'll support and mentor your team to make sure they have the clinical training they need to deliver the highest standards of nursing. As a Senior Nurse (General), you'll have the freedom and autonomy to do things the right way and be truly valued and respected for what you do.ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Senior Nurse (General), you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. Experience of producing care plans and detailed risk assessments is important, as is an up-to-date knowledge on the most recent clinical practices. We'll also look for an understanding of regulatory frameworks, including DoLs/MCA and Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines. You'll be a natural leader and problem solver who has worked with older people and acted as a clinical mentor, including supporting newly qualified nurses through their preceptorship. Dedicated, ambitious and resilient, you'll have a strong track record of delivering improvements to achieve quality care.REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Nurse Mentor and Refer a Friend bonus schemes Offer to pay Skilled Worker visa application fee for eligible nursesIf you'd like to use your clinical and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding and empowering place to be.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • To be a successful candidate, you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. Relevant experience in producing care plans, conducting risk assessments, and working with older people as a clinical mentor is also essential.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • To be a successful candidate, you'll need to be a Registered Nurse (RGN) with a current NMC registration and a mentoring or supervision qualification. Relevant experience in producing care plans, conducting risk assessments, and working with older people as a clinical mentor is also essential.

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