Staff Nurse

Are you a registered nurse whose practice meets current NMC registration requirements? If so Rowandale Nursing Home Glasgow wishes to increase the registered nurse bank/Part time/Full time and would like to hear from you.

will have responsibility for assessment of care needs, ensuring the delivery of high quality of care to patients. They will also undertake or assist patients with personal care, washing, bathing or toileting etc, maintain effective communications with patients, relatives and other members to ensure that appropriate information is shared and patient needs are met, supervise less experienced staff/students/carers/families that are providing care to patients.

Additionally, post holders will be responsible for maintaining accurate patient records and legal documentation within agreed standards, administration of medicines as per RNH Administration of Medicines Policy and a range of clinical duties and parenteral feeding.

Ideally you will have a minimum of basic life support training, recent nursing experience, a range of clinical skills and the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a multidisciplinary team. You should also have good interpersonal and communication skills, good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise your workload. Successful candidates should have record keeping experience, be able to demonstrate IT literacy and have knowledge of infection control. It is essential that the successful candidate understands the importance of confidentiality.