Registered Nurses Required

Location: York

Rate of pay: Day shifts are paid at £13.53, Night Shifts are paid at £18.03 per hour    

Posts: 1 x 25 hours a week (Days) at Hartrigg Oaks

1 x 20 hours a week (Nights) at Hartrigg Oaks

1 x 20 hours a week (Nights) at Lamel Beeches

We are also recruiting for Nurses on an ongoing basis within the York Area on a part-time and full-time basis, day or night shifts.

About us

JRHT and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) work together to understand the root causes of social problems, identify ways of overcoming them, and show how social needs can be met in practice.  The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) provides housing, care homes, retirement and supported housing and demonstrates new approaches in these areas.

The Care Services Team is responsible for providing high quality residential, nursing and specialist dementia services.  Hartrigg Oaks is a 42 bed home, situated in the heart of a retirement community which aims at maintaining independence throughout later life.  Lamel Beeches is a 41 bed home, enjoying a perfect location set in beautiful mature gardens within two miles of York City Centre. Both homes provide residential or nursing care for older people, ensuring that every resident is treated as an individual person, with their rights to independence, privacy and dignity fully respected.

About you

As a Senior Support Nurse, you will play a critical role in leading our care teams in order to make a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. To do this you will support the home managers to provide individualised, relationship centred care that ensures a safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led service. You will develop and maintain positive relationships and deliver nursing care that treats people with compassion, dignity and respect.

Skills/Experience Required

• RGN qualified.
• Previous nursing experience in a care home setting is preferred.
• You will demonstrate commitment to your own personal development and to the development of your wider team.
• Caring and compassionate with an excellent clinical track record.
• Passionate about delivering a person centred care.
• Effective communication skills.

Benefits of working with us

We strive to make everyone feel able to be themselves at work, feel supported and enjoy a healthy work life balance.

• Excellent defined benefits pension scheme (with employer contributions)
• Real Living Wage employer
• 33 days holidays (incl. bank holidays) – plus option to buy or sell more
• Discount packages with over 800 retailers e.g. shopping, utilities and leisure
• Childcare vouchers
• Health Care cash plan
• Low cost employee loans & saving accounts with Leeds Credit Union
• Cycle to Work scheme
• We cover the cost of your enhanced DBS Check (£52.98) and re-registration fees.
• Employee Assistance programme (giving completely confidential care, support and advice when you need it 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.)
• Comprehensive induction and training and development programme which includes nationally recognised qualifications and an opportunity to progress your social care career.

How to apply

Download an application pack from our website by clicking the apply button.

The closing deadline for the above 3 vacancies is Thursday 8th September 2016.

Please complete our application form, CV’s will not be accepted.

Successful candidates would be subject to an enhanced DBS check.