At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide bespoke nursing care in clients' homes, ensuring their comfort and wellbeing.
- Company: Ellea Nursing, a leader in private healthcare with a focus on compassion and expertise.
- Benefits: Flexible rotas, competitive pay, and 24/7 clinical support.
- Other info: Join a supportive team dedicated to delivering world-class care.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in clients' lives while enjoying autonomy and professional growth.
- Qualifications: Registered Nurse with NMC registration and experience in complex care.
The predicted salary is between 36827 - 45011 £ per year.
Location: Various locations across the Midlands
Shifts/working hours: Flexible live-in placements
A world-class career, delivering world-class care. Ellea Nursing provides world-class, bespoke private care to private clients nationwide. Our strength is our people. We celebrate compassion and clinical expertise in equal measure, and we invest in every member of our team to ensure they can deliver an exceptional, clinically led customer experience every time.
The Role: Ellea Nursing has an exciting opening for a Private Live-In Nurse, providing an invaluable service to private clients and helping them secure quality time in the place they call home. As a live-in nurse, you will reside within the client’s home on a rotational basis, delivering round-the-clock clinical nursing care tailored to each individual’s complex and evolving needs. You will work as part of a small, dedicated care team overseen by our Clinical Service Lead and Head of Service, while building a meaningful, trusted relationship with the client and their family. This role suits an experienced, self-assured registered nurse who thrives working autonomously in a home environment and who takes pride in delivering care that goes above and beyond.
Key Responsibilities:
- Clinical Management: Administration of controlled medication, wound management, catheter/stoma care, PEG feeding, tracheostomy care, ventilator support, pain and symptom management, and syringe driver management where required.
- Holistic Care: Managing the client’s daily routine with dignity, including personal care, nutritional support, and emotional companionship.
- Care Planning: Collaborative working with our Clinical Lead to update bespoke care plans and risk assessments.
- Support and Care: Support clients with complex conditions including neurological disorders (Parkinson’s, stroke, brain injury), cancer, palliative and end-of-life care, respiratory conditions, and post-operative recovery.
- Ambassadorial Standards: Maintaining the highest level of professionalism, discretion, and respect for the client’s privacy and home environment.
Other Responsibilities:
- Accompany clients on stays away from home, including care-assisted holidays in the UK and abroad, maintaining the same world-class standard of care at all times.
- Accompany clients to medical appointments, scans, treatments and hospital admissions, providing consistent monitoring and professional aftercare.
- Build rapport with clients and their families whilst maintaining professional boundaries and the utmost discretion.
- Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team, GPs, consultants, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals involved in the client’s care.
Requirements:
- Registered Nurse (Adult or Paediatric) with active NMC registration, valid PIN and a minimum of 12 months’ post-registration UK clinical or hospital experience.
- Specialist clinical expertise in at least one area, complex care, palliative care, oncology, neurology, paediatrics or critical/acute care, with the ability to make safe, autonomous decisions in a client’s home.
- Exceptional communication and customer-care skills, demonstrating warmth, sensitivity, professionalism and discretion.
- Fully compliant to work, including Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain) and Right to Work in the UK.
- Flexible and reliable, able to work live-in rotational patterns and travel with clients when required.
Why Join Ellea Nursing?
- Autonomy: Manage your own schedule with flexible rotas.
- Time to Care: Escape the rush of the ward and focus entirely on one patient at a time.
- Competitive Pay: Rates reflective of the specialist skills and private nature of the work.
- Clinical Governance: Full backing from a clinical lead, you are independent, but never unsupported.
How we reward you:
- Enjoy rewarding placements matched to your skillset supporting private clients, competitive pay and unparalleled professional development.
- Competitive rates of pay and travel contribution.
- 5-star customer service training and induction.
- Flexible shifts to suit your schedule.
- 24/7 expert clinical support from our dedicated team.
- Wellbeing calls with our experienced supervisions and appraisals team.
Private Live-In Adult Nurse-Stratford-upon-Avon employer: Ellea Nursing
Ellea Nursing is an exceptional employer, offering private carers the opportunity to work with high-profile clients in London and the South-East, where you can make a meaningful impact on their lives. With competitive pay, flexible shifts, and unparalleled professional development, our supportive work culture prioritises your wellbeing and growth, ensuring you have the resources and training needed to deliver world-class care. Join us to be part of a dedicated team that values excellence and enriches the lives of those we serve.
