Job Overview
St Anne’s Community Services is a charity that was formed in January 1971 providing shelter to the homeless. It has now developed into the entity it is providing a variety of diverse services with the clients at the heart of everything we do.
Oxfield Court is a nursing home and respite service which is a 28-bed service across 5 bungalows based in Huddersfield.
We support clients with complex medical needs, behaviours that challenge and specialise in end-of-Life care for people with Learning Disabilities.
No day is ever the same and the clients always make working in our service enjoyable. The main duties of the role will include supporting clients to meet their individual needs including personal care and assistance attending leisure local activities.
All the care we deliver is person centred to the needs of the individual and we develop lasting relationships with families and external multi-disciplinary professionals, who we work closely with to deliver outstanding care.
The complex care we deliver means there is always nursing support available with high ratios of staff.
During the days we have 3 nurses and nursing management and at night we have a mixture of 2 nurses on waking nights or 1 waking nurse and 1 sleeping nurse.
Main duties of the job
We are now looking for an innovate hands on nurse (RGN RMN or RNLD) with an active pin to join our team. This is a full time post (37.5 hours) and would we want the nurse to work a combination of days and nights on a rota system.
This is an exciting time to be joining St Anne’s as we are rolling out a programme of on line platforms to enhance the experience of the clients and our staff teams.
Working for our organisation
St. Anne's wants to reward its employees for their hard work. Employee benefits include;
- Rising 20 to 25 days plus statutory bank holidays
- 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme
- Continuous opportunities for ongoing training and career development
- Cycle To Work scheme
- Refer A Friend recruitment initiative
- Flexible working opportunities (where applicable) upon successful completion of probation period
- Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Discounted income protection scheme
- Free car parking at most services
- Free life assurance cover
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Our support team are committed and dedicated to providing the best possible care to the clients whilst promoting independence. Working alongside the existing nursing team they work cohesively to facilitate the clients living their best life.
This is a “Life Without Limits” which is the St Anne’s way.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working in care (employment or carer at home)
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working in an LD Environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN RMN or RNLD qualified
St. Anne’s is working to actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We want people from underrepresented groups such as disabled, black and ethnic minority, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, and non-binary (LGBTQ+) communities to apply for all our roles.
St. Anne's is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job. Please contact recruitment on 0113 243 5151 opt 3 if you require any reasonable adjustments.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name Judith Cooper Job title FLM Email address
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