We Change Lives
Lead Nurse - Complex Care
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Job Role: Lead Nurse
Service: Winsford
Hours Per Week: full time
Salary: £24.00 per hour
Location: Winsford
We Change Lives is a charity providing specialist care and support, and these positions will be based in Winsford, covering both Chapel House and Crook. The two services are only a few minutes apart and specialise in supporting people with Acquired Brain Injuries, mental health needs and other complex needs, supporting up to 16 people across the services. Our approach is person-centered, ensuring a high level of care tailored to our residents' needs.
We are looking for experienced Registered Nurses who has an active NMC PIN and is confident working within a complex care environment. Ideally, candidates will have previous experience supporting people with Acquired Brain Injuries, mental health needs and/or complex behaviours.
As Lead Nurse, you will need to be clinically confident but also strong leader who can support, guide and develop the wider team. We are particularly looking for people who can take ownership, make sound clinical decisions, maintain high standards of care and ensure the people we support remain at the centre of everything we do.
Some of the key areas we would expect the Lead Nurses to be confident in include:
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- Providing clinical leadership and guidance to the nursing and support teams
- Supporting the management of complex clinical needs and risk
- Ensuring care plans, clinical documentation and risk assessments are accurate and up to date
- Supporting medication management and safe clinical practice
- Leading by example and maintaining high standards across the services
- Supporting staff development, supervision and clinical competency
- Working closely with the Registered Manager, Deputy Manager and wider multidisciplinary team
- Maintaining strong standards around safeguarding, governance and CQC compliance
Employee Benefits
As a charity, we do what we can to show our teams that we value them and the life-changing work they do, so we offer the following:
- Welcome Bonus: You'll receive £500 as a warm welcome to the team. Not eligible if we pay to sponsor you to work in the UK
- Training and Development: We offer access to both in-house and accredited courses. We will cover the cost of your qualification, and on completing Level 2 or above, you'll receive a £150 bonus (with an additional £50 for passing the care certificate).
- Blue Light Card and other discount schemes: We cover the cost of your card, unlocking various discounts for you. Enjoy discounts on childcare, shopping, and a wide range of online training courses.
- Free Meals: Available to all staff working 12-hour shifts, ensuring you stay energized with a hot or cold meal.
- Refer a Friend: You can earn a £200 bonus for referring a friend who successfully joins WCL.
- Christmas Enhancement (Double Time): Enjoy double-time pay for allocated Christmas hours worked.
- Ongoing Technological Advancements: Benefit from our investment in new technology, including care plans and Rota apps, with full training provided.
- Pay Yourself After Every Shift - With FlexEarn, you're in control: WCL gives you access to 80% of your pay right away, including overtime. No more waiting for payday - just the freedom to manage your money your way, as soon as you've earned it.
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