Bank Team Leader Care - Worcester, United Kingdom - Care UK Residential Care Services
Description
Bank Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant Required
Are you looking to pick up some extra shifts or are you just wanting a more flexible work life balance?
If so, come and join the team at Perry
Shift Patterns-8am-8pm/8pm-8am (0 hour contract)
Hourly Rate-£11.48
To professionally lead the care team during any span of duty, ensuring that a safe, effective and efficient care service is maintained which meets the needs of residents and purchasers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and support for care staff and act as a champion for residents' safety and dignity.
- To maintain skills and knowledge and ensure that care is delivered according to latest guidelines and best practice evidence available.
- Ensure the ongoing safety of residents, staff and visitors through systematic assessment, monitoring and reviewing processes.
- Ensure that clear and accurate records and communication systems relating to clinical and care delivery are maintained and effectively used.
- Act as a role model for good clinical and care governance practice.
- Provide leadership and support for care staff and act as a champion for residents' safety and dignity.
- Provide effective leadership and support for the care team.
- Supervise care staff on a day to day basis and through formal supervision processes.
- Liaise with GPs and other health professionals to ensure that residents receive the medical and clinical support they require.
- Demand high quality care delivery focused on residents individually assessed needs and choices.
- Promote the professional image of the services through excellent communication, appropriate behaviour and professional appearance.
- Support new Team Leaders and care staff in the completion of induction programs, training and competency assessment.
Skills & Experience:
- Maintain skills and keep up to date with clinical developments and best practice in areas relevant to care delivery in the home.
- Undertaken training appropriate to the roll, as agreed with the Home Manager, and ensure learning is shared and transferred into practice.
- Review the daily delivery of care, including pressure area prevention, nutrition and infection prevention and control procedures. Ensure high standards of care delivery are maintained.
- To be responsible for the safe and appropriate management, administration and recording of medication, including controlled drugs and oxygen, in accordance with Care UK Policies and Procedures.
- Act at all times within your own skills and competence.
- To attend all statutory and mandatory training as required by the Company in order to fulfil your duties.
- Conduct and document care and risk assessments and develop care plans related to the assessed needs and choices of individual residents.
- Ensure that areas of identified risk are appropriately monitored and outcomes recorded and acted upon e.g. fluid and nutrition charts, turning regimes, blood glucose monitoring.
- Report all accidents and incidents promptly in accordance with Care UK Policy. Ensure accident/incident reports are written clearly and concisely and that any remedial action or learning is incorporated into care delivery.
- Ensure that residents are encouraged and supported to remain as independent and active as possible. Promote the philosophy of activity based care.
- Ensure the safety and comfort of all residents, whilst encouraging a happy, homely atmosphere.
- Be knowledgeable about Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policies and Procedures and report any untoward events in accordance with Care UK and Local Authority requirements.
- Ensure that clinical equipment is maintained in a safe, clean and fully functional state. Report any equipment failures or damage to the Home Manager.
- Be responsible for the care and protection of residents' property.
- To maintain standards of infection control within the home and to assist residents to maintain their own infection control needs.
- Ensure that clear and accurate records and communication systems relating to clinical and care delivery are maintained and effectively used
- Be aware of company policies and procedures and ensure requirements are incorporated into practice.
- Ensure effective and clearly documented handover systems are maintained to facilitate the effective transfer of information between staff and shifts.
- Attend and participate in Team Leader and staff meetings as arranged by the Home Manager/Deputy Manager/Clinical Lead.
- Understand the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in relation to consent and best interest decision making.
- Provide information to residents and relatives in relation to care delivery, being mindful of data protection and Caldicott requirements.
- Ensure high standard of record keeping are maintained in accordance with the Healt
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