Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Lead a Team of CASAs on shift, carrying out hands-on care and support as required. Ensure the shift is well organised and staff are using their time effectively to meet residents needs.
2. Provide a “handover by exception” of relevant information regarding residents to oncoming Shift Lead
3. Ensure that all tasks on Shift Lead Checklist have been completed (or handed over to next shift lead to complete)
4. Support with the creation and development of a comprehensive set of care plans for each resident
5. Ensure handover information has been written up and relevant information transferred onto individual care plans
6. Manage staff allocation on floor/to individual residents ensuring the mix of skills and experience meets the needs of the residents and report and concerns to the Registered Manager/Head of Care
7. Ensure that the diary is checked for any tasks needing to be completed on shift.
8. Ensure that staff allocation for following shift is out on e-Plan (afternoon shift responsibility)
9. Arranging and ensuring staff take the statutory breaks at allocated times. Concessionary breaks are only allowed if all necessary duties have been carried out.
10. When not included in staff numbers, carry out observations on the floor ensuring that all resident care and support needs are met in a timely manner
11. If supporting with the GP round, diary in follow up for test results regarding any samples that have been sent to the surgery and make sure these are written up in the resident’s care plan.
12. Report daily on the well-being of residents to the Care & Support Lead / Head of Care and ensure that all GP and / or District Nurse or other professional conversations have been recorded in the care plan before leaving shift to ensure that records are accurate.
13. During the shift ensure any residents of concern are checked and maintain a general overview of care being delivered.
14. When requested, schedule and carry out regular supervisions and appraisals with Care and Support Assistants, ensuring any areas for improvement or outstanding training is addressed as well as recognising good work and encouraging ideas for improvements in teamwork or service delivery.
Medication Responsibilities:
15. Administer regular, PRN and homely remedy medication as required on the atlas system.
16. Administer any controlled drugs throughout the home, and respond to any queries from care staff about the administration of medication, supporting where necessary
17. Ensure resident medication cabinet is kept clean and all medication stored relates to the resident.
18. Ensure the effective Booking in and out of medication on the eMAR system on receipt of new stock, admission to the home and upon departure.
19. Ensure that all fridge and room temperatures have been recorded, including medication store room office.
20. Ensuring e-MAR tablets are sync’d and on charge for next medication round
Care Plan Responsibilities:
21. Any changes in a resident’s condition is updated on e-Plan e.g. if they have a UTI, had a
TIA or returned from hospital. Ensure the Registered Manager and Head of Care are informed of any changes to residents health and wellbeing.
22. Ensure ‘timed actions’ have been updated on e-Plan by carers who have supported the resident (this includes the daily report, bath/shower log) Ensure all notes are recorded in real time.
23. All charts have been filled out correctly e.g. food and fluid, continence or mobility charts – Spot check required and monitor charts as appropriate – eg fluid charts checked during periods of hot weather or when a resident displays signs of dehydration, monitor food intake if weight loss is a concern, etc
24. Ensure that a record of any extra activities that a resident has taken part in, which is not structured i.e. by the activity staff, is recorded on the e-Plan. For example, this can be taking resident for a walk around the garden, having a 1:1 chat with them, doing a puzzle, reading the paper or books with them.
25. Ensure that staff are given time during a shift for key working sessions and that these are recorded on ePlan.
Reporting Forms
26. If a resident has had an accident/incident/unexplained bruising etc make sure that the report has been completed on e-Plan, falls checklists and body chart completed (where required) before the end of the shift.
27. Update resident’s care plan to identify the above i.e. falls, mobility, skin integrity etc.
Night Staff Responsibilities
28. Carry out audit of medication in CD cupboard
29. Resident of the Day and Medication Audit has been completed and signed of as necessary
30. Update and review sleeping at night care plans
31. Carry out ‘Silent Fire Drills’ with staff team each month, on different shifts, to ensure all staff members have attended. Identify who was in attendance at time of fire drill.
32. Cleaning tasks, as per night cleaning schedule, has been carried out each evening as specified. Shift lead to spot check
33. Other cleaning tasks to be carried out each evening as identified in Night Staff Cleaning Schedule
Must be able to commit to 36 hours per week, have NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care
Gloucester Charities Trust is founded on a long history going right back to the 1800s.
All our accommodation is based in the City of Gloucester.
Our sheltered housing is available to older people living within the county of Gloucestershire and our nursing and residential homes are open to people from any location.
What we offer
Our homes offer a seamless transition in accommodation for older people, from retirement flats, to residential home, through to nursing care.
- Quality, affordable sheltered housing to occupy under licence which gives you independence but with the security of knowing someone is on hand if you need them
- Residential care at Guild House, with specialist dementia care provided on Bluebell and Grace wings
- Comprehensive nursing care at Magdalen House.
Specialist dementia services are also provided through the Kimbrose Club, which offers day services for people with dementia. Also, our staff undergo specialist training to help them care for our residents who have dementia.