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Registered Nurse (General)

The Chaseley Trust

Eastbourne, BN20 7JHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

30 November 2026

41 days left

Job description

The Chaseley Trust is a Charity owned high care facility specialising in neuro-disability care, located with a beautiful outlook onto Eastbourne seafr...

We are looking for enthusiastic

and highly motivated Registered Nurses to join our team, working 12.5 hour

shifts across seven days.

of the senior nursing team working in partnership with the Clinical Managers.

Part of your role as a Registered Nurse will include providing leadership to

the care team through the active promotion of Chaseleys values.

will provide and supervise the delivery of high-quality, complex nursing care

to residents and maintain professional and clinical standards, whilst ensuring

our residents physical and psychological needs are met. Your role will require

you to assess, plan and deliver, with the resident and their loved ones,

nursing care that encompasses the residents own wishes. In addition, you will

undertake the management of medication and work in partnership with our

Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams and external professionals.

  • Assess the residents physical, psychological and social needs and

compile a care plan in collaboration with the resident, family and any other

relevant health care professional

  • Plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care in relation to the residents

dynamic needs in accordance with clinical policy and regulatory framework with

other appropriate health care professionals

  • Ensure all the entries into the nursing records meet NMC standards

for record keeping

  • Participate in the formal audit programme within your level of

competence

  • Maintain registration with the NMC
  • Comply with the NMC code at all times
  • Allocate an appropriate key worker to each resident on admission
  • Support the Registered Nurses, Care Practitioners and Carers in

the home with clinical advice

  • Visit each resident each day whilst on duty and ensure appropriate

nursing care is delivered in a professional and timely manner by the care team

under your supervision

  • Support

the senior clinical staff in the home and if appropriate and within your level

of competence assist with any clinical investigations or complaints

  • Comply with the NMC administration of medication

administration and clinical policy to ensure that processes are followed to

ensure the safe ordering, custody, storing, disposal, recording and

administration of all medication

  • Manage stock levels and replenishment of all

appropriate clinical supplies.

  • Maintain and develop continual professional

development and clinical skills to enable safe and effective clinical practice

in line with NMC revalidation process and contribute to continuous process

improvements with regard to clinical and non-clinical policy

  • Maintain professional communication with clinical line

manager and take every opportunity to discuss the quality of care and any

clinical concerns that may arise and any issues related to safeguarding in a timely

manner.

  • Support residents in understanding the ageing process

and how it affects their health and lifestyle. Support residents to maximize

their independence and create the environment which supports their physical and

mental well-being and ensure that all residents are treated with dignity

  • Adhere to the local safeguarding policy and the

reporting mechanisms. Contribute to any safeguarding investigation within the

home, following the Duty of Candour requirements

  • Comply with the accident/incident reporting policy to

maintain the safety of staff and residents in the home, following the Duty of

of an accident/incident and produce a report for the Clinical Manager/Home

manager when required

  • Support

all residents with their individual diagnosis who may require additional

psychological or emotional support.

  • To model person centered care in your practice.
  • Help with leading a multi-disciplinary shift team, supervising

staff in all respects including orientation of new and agency staff, allocating

and coordinating team members to deliver care to the appropriate resident

groups and supervising the delivery of quality care delivered to residents

providing support, supervision and mentoring as required within your scope of

competence and as per the NMC code

  • Assist the support of clinical supervision

preceptorship, mentor, induction and Care practitioner programmes in line with

the NMC code

  • Work collaboratively with the activities team in the home to

provide a comprehensive daily activities programme to ensure residents

spiritual and social needs are met

  • Support other clinical staff in the home and manage the supervised

practice nurse/care practitioner programmes and contribute to the supervision,

mentoring and competency of these roles within your scope of competence

  • To work collaboratively with colleagues across all disciplines

within The Chaseley Trust and external agencies to develop and sustain best

clinical practice.

  • Be professional, courteous and transparent in your communication.
  • Develop close working relationships with other clinical staff in

the team including Clinical management

  • Any other reasonable task requested by your line manager or senior

management team, which is within your competence.

  • Support the clinical training programme through facilitating staff

to attend informal and formal training opportunities

  • Assist in the investigation of clinical complaints
  • To practice within the Care and Quality Nursing strategies within

The Chaseley Trust.

We support people over the age of 18 with diverse neurological impairments through tailored specialist therapy and care. Ourmission is to provide outstanding care whilst empowering individuals with neuro-disability and enabling them to live their lives to their fullest potential.Our aim is to optimise quality of life, independence and dignity for each individual in a unique environment.

Our integrated on-site professionals, including physiotherapists, care staff, nursing specialists and activities facilitators collaborate to deliver person-centred care to residents and outpatients.

We have a dedicated GP service five-days a week to review complex care needs, facilitating changes and making specialised referrals.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Up to date clinical practices
  • Understands relevant regulators current regulatory requirements and framework
  • Awareness of clinical policy framework
  • DoLs/MCA
  • Awareness of Royal Pharmaceutical guidelines
  • IT literacy and use of word/excel

Desirable: - Demonstrate a knowledge of working with those with a neurological disability

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of working in a clinical environment
  • Good range of clinical skills
  • Clinical team working
  • Producing well developed care plans
  • Risk assessment

Desirable: - E-MAR; - E-documentation

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Leads by example
  • Trustworthy and honest
  • Can-do attitude
  • Driven by success
  • Strong communicator
  • Personally committed
  • Learns from mistakes
  • Tenacious and resilient
  • Takes accountability
  • Problem solver
  • Professional

Qualifications

Essential: - RN/RMN; - NMC registration; - Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable: - Nursing Diploma/Degree; - Mentor / supervision qualification

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

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First seen

7 October 2026

Last checked

8 October 2026

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