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Location: Canterbury House
Contract Type: Full Time, Part Time
Closing Date: 27 January 2021
Salary: 17.34
Are you a Nurse who thrives on making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people?
If so, Akari Care would love to hear from you! We are looking for passionate RGN, RMN or RNLD to join our clinical team working on our night shift. Whether you are looking for 1 shift a week, or full-time hours, we will have a role to fit with your personal circumstances.
We also offer an up to £1500 welcome bonus (subject to T&Cs) for all nurses joining our permanent team.
About Akari
At Akari Care, we provide residential and nursing care services to the elderly across the UK. Each care home is an extended family, bringing together residents and their loved ones, our colleagues in care, clinicians, hairdressers, commissioners and regulators, members of the local community – the list goes on. We are focussed on creating a warm and inclusive environment in which our residents feel a sense of security and belonging, while at the same time retaining their dignity and self-respect.
We never compromise on the quality of our services and our extended team includes trusted GPs, Dentists, Chiropodists and Dieticians, who all work hard to improve our residents’ quality of life. Our dementia care homes have qualified, dedicated staff who help people to maintain the identity and dignity of our residents. With a focus on living life to the fullest, our homes offer activities such as hairdressing salons, bars, cinemas, gardening, and cooking courses to name just a few!
The Role
Nursing in a care home is challenging but very much a rewarding role. You will be ultimately taking responsibility of the care and wellbeing of our residents which includes making sure their physical, emotional and social needs are met but also leading, motivating and mentoring your team of carers whilst delivering clinical guidance and coaching. Providing clinical leadership will ensure smooth, safe and efficient running of the care home.
Nursing in a care home will present you with a wide range of clinical experiences and opportunities to develop your skills. You will be responsible for carrying out assessments and developing, implementing and evaluating care plans for our residents whilst monitoring all work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and conform to standards, policies and legislation.
Being able to promote all our residents’ independence, dignity and choice is an extremely important to us at Akari Care and this will come naturally to you.
Maintaining accurate records is very important and you will have an eye for detail to enable if any problems arise you are well equipped and ready to deal with this.
What we need from you:
What’s in it for you
Canterbury House:
Canterbury House Nursing Home is situated in the seaside town of Rhyl, close to the splendour of the Snowdonia National Park.
We support residents with a dementia diagnosis in a comfortable, supportive and reassuring environment. The Home has three floors, with 52 single bedrooms, 45 of which are en-suite. There is an enclosed garden to the rear and ample parking to the front of the home. We benefit from a superb location, with beaches on one side and rolling countryside on the other.
We provide individualised care and support in a manner that we believe will best contribute to the wellbeing and comfort of our residents.