At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to provide top-notch care and support for residents' independence and dignity.
- Company: Join Bupa, a caring health provider focused on making a positive impact.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, competitive pay, and a range of health and wellbeing perks.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team that values community and personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Must be a Registered Nurse with a passion for elderly care and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 22 - 23 £ per hour.
Eglantine Villa Care Home, Eglantine Lane, Horton Kirby, Dartford DA4 9JL
CQC rating: Good
Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.8/10
Salary: Up to £23.00 per hour depending on experience
Permanent 42 hours per week, 3 days on the floor and 6 hours supernumerary. 8am-8pm shifts in the home.
Welcome bonus
We make health happen. Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
- Promoting our residents’ independence, choice and dignity by ensuring that the team provides the highest standards of care at all times.
- Assessing each resident’s wellbeing – making sure their physical, emotional and social needs are met – always maintaining accurate records.
- Delivering clinical guidance to your team, leading by example; motivating and mentoring the team to ensure the safe, smooth and efficient running of the care home.
- Building lasting relationships with the residents and the people they care about, as well as caring about the home itself - fostering a sense of community.
- Creating and developing strong relationships with local partners, liaising with these partners, playing an important role in raising the care home’s profile in the local area and beyond.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
- A Registered Nurse with a valid NMC pin and a genuine commitment to adhering to the NMC Codes of Conduct and expanding your professional development.
- You’re passionate about caring for the elderly and infirm and have a flair for helping people maintain their independence, choice and dignity.
- An effective communicator who’s able to build strong and honest relationships with residents and their families.
- Someone who’s ready to use their clinical experience to lead, motivate and mentor a team – who’s able to delegate effectively and promote excellent customer service and relationships.
- A respectful and compassionate team player with the belief in giving your personal best.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support.
- Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
- Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
- 28 days holiday.
- We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
- Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
- Free meal on every shift.
- Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
- We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site.
- Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co-parents - find out more on our career site.
- Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health.
- Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
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