Night Senior Carer - Dudley, United Kingdom - Highview Home

Description

Key objectives:

• To supervise and participate in the delivery of care to the residents
• To lead on the responsibility of residents individual care documentation ensuring a person centred approach.
• To provide effective leadership for care staff through supervision, support and mentoring in all aspects of care.
• To be responsible for the administration of medication
• Work effectively with others within the home to ensure that resident's needs are met.
• To take charge of a shift, in the absence of the Home Manager.

Main Tasks:


Resident care and support

• To actively participate and supervise in the delivery of care to the residents to ensure that their physical, social, intellectual and emotional needs are met and ensuring dignity, choice, independence and respect.
• To be responsible with the team for the preparation, implementation, review and update of all residents care plans in line with their personal wishes and preferences involving resident, representatives, key workers and management as appropriate in line with policies.
• To be responsible with the team for continual monitoring of each residents health needs by ensuring access to NHS healthcare services and monitoring of health related care documentation assessments. To include appropriate liaison with residents, relatives, manager and relevant staff
• To ensure residents choice and independence is respected through appropriate risk management involving all parties and ensuring accurate up to date record keeping.
• Delegating task to other night staff on shift.
• Support and work closely with families and friends offering them professional and emotional support, sensitive to individual need.
• To administer prescribed medication to residents and assist in the management of an effective system for the safe control and administration of medication in accordance with policy and procedures.

Staff Support

• To effectively lead, motivate and support care staff.
• Upon appointment to assist in the appropriate induction and support of new care staff to the home.
• Provide effective supervision sessions for care staff within the team and support with identified training needs.
• Assist staff to complete relevant documentation as directed.
• Monitor care staff performance, report any issue to the manager.

General Requirements:

- To be flexible about working hours.
- To be approachable and supportive to staff and managers.
- To attend staff meetings when appropriate and to be available for one to one sessions as agreed.
- To attend appropriate training and development sessions as agreed with the Manager.
- To maintain confidentiality at all times.
- To carry out any reasonable duties as requested by the Manager.
- To be aware of and comply with safe working practices as laid down by the Health and Safety at Work Act.
- To uphold and promote equal opportunities in employment practice and service delivery


General duties
- To undertake responsibility within an area of work as delegated by the Home Manager
- Understand and observe all relevant regulations and policies and procedures.
- Be familiar with the administrative records of the Home and ensure that all records are kept up to date.
- To follow appropriate procedures in the event of accidents/ emergencies e.g. fire, missing residents.
- Ensure that the Home is secure at all times whilst on duty.
- Ensure appropriate and agreed staffing levels are maintained in liaison with the manager.
- To report and advise the relevant persons with respect to the repairs and maintenance of the home.


Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time


Salary:
Up to £11.44 per hour


Benefits:

• Free parking
• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Night shift

Experience:

- providing care: 2 years (required)

- supervisory: 1 year (required)


Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)
• NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (required)

Work Location:
In person