Bank Registered Nurse
Location: Preston, PR1 4UD. Contract type: Bank hours, 0‑hour contract, 12‑hour shifts. Rate: £25.33 per hour. Care home CQC rating: Good.
About the role
This is a highly skilled nursing role where you’ll be accountable and responsible for supporting people’s holistic needs. It requires a range of clinical and nursing skills. You’ll provide the highest standards of nursing care for adults living with complex care and health needs. Our care focuses on maximising independence and building everyday living skills. Ribble View is a care service for adults with complex and high‑acuity needs, offering high staffing levels that give you time to deliver truly person‑centred nursing care, supported by a collaborative team and excellent training and career‑development pathways.
Responsibilities
- Assess, plan and implement care for the people we support.
- Provide person‑centred and evidence‑based nursing care.
- Develop collaborative, needs‑based care plans through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
- Safe administration of medication.
- Promote health and wellbeing.
- Act as Nurse in Charge of a small unit while on shift.
- Manage situations when people display behaviours which may challenge.
- Promote choice, dignity, independence and respect.
Requirements
- Identify with Exemplar Health Care values: fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
- Serve as a role model – able to coach, teach and support colleagues.
- Calm nature with the ability to defuse challenging situations.
- Advocate of best practice in nursing.
- Demonstrate a range of clinical skills.
- Knowledge of assessment, admission and discharge processes.
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, and commitment to working within their Codes of Practice.
- Must hold a first‑level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.
- Open to Registered Nurses from all backgrounds (Adult, Mental Health and Learning Disability).
Qualifications
- First‑level nursing registration (RGN, RMN or RNLD) with a valid NMC PIN.
- Registered Nurse qualification (Adult, Mental Health or Learning Disability).
Skills
- Clinical assessment and care planning.
- Safe medication administration.
- Leadership and team coordination as Nurse in Charge.
- Person‑centred communication and promotion of independence.
- Managing challenging behaviours.
- Application of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
Benefits
- Excellent supervision and peer support.
- Learning opportunities and clear career prospects.
- Retail and lifestyle reward discounts.
- Free DBS check.
- Electric‑car salary sacrifice scheme.
- Paid NMC membership.
- Paid access to the RCNi Learning platform.
- 24/7 counselling and support.
- Blue Light Card eligibility.
Pay
£25.33 per hour.
Schedule
12‑hour shifts on a bank (0‑hour) contract.