CRC Residential Care Night Support Worker (Waking Night)

Responsibilities

1. To provide essential holistic care and support to meet service users' physical and psychological needs and to promote the continuing spiritual, family and social life of service users, including helping them to maintain social interaction with the family, friends and the community in line with their wishes.
2. Develop appropriate and professional relationships with service users and carers, which value them as individuals, including establishing and maintaining effective communication. To promote and maintain person-centred service.
3. Keep up to date written records regarding individual service users as required and in order to provide information which can contribute to care planning and assessment
4. To maintain high standards of confidentiality at all times

In accordance with the individual service users care/service plan to provide personal care and basic nursing care to individuals, following instruction and recognised training received. This may include, for example, help with:

• Getting up/putting to bed
• Personal hygiene
• Dressing/undressing
• Use of toilet/commode
• Catheter care including stoma and sheath care
• Assisting with prostheses (false legs/eyes etc)
• Application of simple dressings
• Using sterile techniques
• Foot and hand care
• Basic nursing care during illness and terminal illness
• Health promotion
• Person centred support for those living with dementia
• Assisting residents to eat and drink which include preparation of simple snacks and beverage

1. To operate safely (and after training) appropriate equipment, for example: bathing and lifting equipment.
2. Provide personal and practical care to all service users regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, impairment, age, HIV status, or any other health condition. This will include the provision of First Aid assistance should it be necessary.
3. To monitor the general health and wellbeing of service users for any signs of deterioration and report to other staff at "handover" or appropriate medical or nursing practitioner in the case of emergency, so that early intervention can be provided and preventable measures taken.
4. Assist service users with medication with Policy and pre-set procedures.
5. Work with individual service users, enabling them to maximise their independence.
6. To assist in maintaining the general appearance of the living environment and support the general cleaning and preparation of designated communal areas to the required standard. This includes the operation of e.g. vacuum cleaners.
7. To be able to respond to emergency situations in accordance with procedures.
8. To ensure that all security, fire and call systems are operational and be prepared to undertake security checks of the care home in accordance with procedures.
9. To participate in the quality assurance monitoring system.

Requirement

• Possession of NVQ Level 2 would be an advantage or ability and commitment to obtain NVQ within the first 2 years of appointment, or as agreed with the line manager, is essential
• A commitment to and responsibility for personal development and actively to take advantage of training opportunities.
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills.
• Ability to cope with conflicting demands and deadlines.
• Work or Life experience in a care setting, is desirable, including the care of those with dementia.
• Previous experience operating work-related equipment, aids and devices in a similar role.
• The ability to cope with the physical demands of looking after the health safety and welfare needs of others.
• To be flexible and prepared to cover duties for colleagues in their absence.
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Office.

Location: Bristol

If interested, please submit your CV and call Varsha on (phone number removed) betweeen 9am to 5pm for more details