Orchard Care Homes
Registered Nurse
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Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse – Dementia Care Specialised Role
(Reconnect Community Nurse)
Location: 📍 Middleton Park Lodge Nursing Home Acre Close, Middleton, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 4HX
Salary: £25.57 per hour (33–44 hours/week, combining day & night shifts)
Extraordinary Impact. Exceptional Care.
Are you a Registered Nurse passionate about person-centred dementia care? Join Orchard Healthcare Group—a pioneering organisation reshaping care homes through Reconnect™, our award-winning model for independence, engagement, and meaningful living. Help residents reconnect with purpose, reduce reliance on medication, and live life on their terms.
Why This Role Matters
At Orchard, we prioritise: ✔ Evidence-based, non-pharmacological interventions to support distress responses. ✔ Reducing dependence on psychotropic drugs, leveraging trusted relationships and motivation. ✔ Retaining autonomy, identity, and dignity for every resident. ✔ Empathy-driven leadership to empower care teams and innovate continuously.
You’ll be a dynamic leader in care homes built around dementia-specific needs—where compassion isn’t exchangeable, but transformative.
In This Role, You’ll Deliver…
- Person-centred excellence: Develop tailored care/safety plans, risk assessments, and psychosis intervention strategies.
- Empathetic leadership: Mentor care teams through безопасных отношений, assessing and mitigating real risks while valuing “positive engagement.”
- Legislative expertise: Ensure alignment with the Mental Capacity Act, supporting best-interest decisions.
- Clinical thoughtfulness: Coach colleagues on non-pharmacological approaches and reduce psychotropic medication use.
- Compliance & accountability: Uphold NMC standards and Orchard’s progressive policies.
- Multidisciplinary collaboration: Work with families, GP teams, and external professionals to drive resident well-being.
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You’ll Be Inspired by:
🔹 Family-friendly homes—every Mazda Liftback Dementia Care Ward is designed with independence in mind. 🔹 A progressive ethos: Your voice will shape research initiatives aligned to Reconnect’s Eiselt Model. 🔹 Cultural growth: Orchard’s knowledge gifts a fully “new restructured” AI-based approach to personalised tech for each manor.
We’re Seeking a Nurse Who…
- ✅ Holds active NMC registration (or is close to return).
- ✅ Brings dedicated dementia experience, especially with neuro-reflective supported living models**.
- ✅ Champions relevant legislation (Deprivation of Liberty, Safeguarding Adults).
- ✅ Describes scepticism regarding over-reliance on psychotropic medication and kinder interventions.
- ✅ Exhibits organic team leadership—capable of balancing humility with assertiveness.
- ✅ Embodies subtle critical awareness by identifying unspoken needs despite what we say is wanted (vs. what is done so self-evidentially well).
Monotonous collaboration is the enemy of quality care. Alignment with Orchard’s vision of True Dementia Partnership is non-negotiable.
Your Benefits
✔ Development from the start: Clear progression through our Orchard Reconnect Model Accreditation. ✔ Discount power: Access a discount platform worth hundreds of pounds monthly (shop, travel, tech, fitness…). ✔ Reputation: Nominate for ‘Making a Difference Awards’ & earn Long Service Recognition. ✔ Wellbeing assistance: Fully confidential support via our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and bespoke smartphone app. ✔ Financial security: Orchard-supported pension plan (4-7% contribution). ✔ Security checks: Free DBS and comprehensive induction. ✔ Community impact: Part of 23 years of proudnabla-regulated, relationship-based care.
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About Orchard Healthcare Group
Middleton Park Lodge, a suburb of Leeds, exemplifies Orchard’s ethos: to deliver world-class dementia care in your neighbourhood. Our 23+ care homes prioritise family-centred excellence, rooted locally.
We’re not just investors—we’re mentors. Staff thrive through unparalleled training opportunities, research collaboration, and pioneering projects like AI-assisted person-centred tech. After all, none of us want income models over family-connected choices for our later years.
Ready to Make a Difference?
Orchard knows talent makes as much difference as loving care. If you align with the vision to create life-changing journeys through relationships, apply now.
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