PLEASE NOTE - We are NOT offering sponsorship and are unable to take overseas applications at this time.
Are you a compassionate and reliable Nurse looking to make a genuine difference in people’s lives? Kitnocks House is looking for dedicated individuals with at least one year’s experience within a care home setting to join our award-winning team.
Our 63-bed home is made up of four specialised units, each providing high-quality, person-centred care for residents living with complex needs, including dementia, mental health conditions, or other neurological disorders. It’s a vibrant and rewarding place to work, where every day brings the opportunity to make someone’s life that little bit brighter. We're proud to be Rated GOOD by the CQC.
We welcome individuals who share our values of respect, openness, care, and kindness.
What You’ll Bring
- Minimum 2 years experienced working as a Registered Nurse with a valid NMC pin (RMN desirable)
- Previous experience in complex care (desirable)
- Previous experience working within a Nursing Home setting with Dementia and Mental Health conditions (preferred)
- Ability to work alone as well as a team and be able to form positive relationships with colleagues, residents and families
- Effective communication skills (both written and verbal).
Your Working Pattern
7 out of 14 day working pattern, weekend work required.
This role is to cover days and nights.
Day shifts: 08.15 to 19.45
Night shifts: 19.45 to 08.15
Total average of 40.25 hours worked per week.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Organise and delegate workload to ensure effective delivery of resident’s care is carried out by appropriate skilled members of staff
- Assessing, planning and evaluating care needs or the provision of care
- Oversee care provided by Health Care Assistants & Senior Health Care Assistants on shift
- Participate in clinical meetings as required and report areas of concerns to managers
- Ensure that relevant documentation is maintained in a comprehensive manner
- Respect the confidentiality, dignity and privacy of residents and staff at all times.
Benefits package worth up to £5,000 (T&C's apply)
- Enhanced pay rates for overtime and bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- Subsidised lunch available daily
- Enhanced DBS fully covered by us and automatically added to the update service
- Free uniform laundered for you on site ready for your next shift
- Monthly overtime raffle – receive a ticket for each overtime shift completed and the winner will receive an additional £200 in their pay packet
- Specialist training, beyond the mandatory training requirements
- Paid for e-learning training
- Reward and recognition through vouchers and cash incentives for Christmas and long service
- Refer a friend scheme – up to £1,000 (depending on role)
- Paid for company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Healthcare cash plan worth up to £700* including dentistry, optical plus access to a 24/7 employee assistance programme offering psychological support to staff to avoid stress and burn out, meaning everyone is able to focus on caring for our residents
- Access to Blue Light card - over 13,000 discounts
- Reimbursement of CPD fees for revalidation (up to £1,000 over 3 years) and we pay your NMC registration fee (subject to conditions)