Head Nurse (m/f/x)

The Public Centre for Social Action of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is recruiting a Head Nurse (m/f/x) ona permanent contract, full-time, at the BH5 scale of the civil service, with a rapid entry into service, for the Home Saint-Lambert and the Lise Thiry Court of Stay of its Establishments and Care Services. 🏥

 The role of these services is to ensure the quality of care for residents by maintaining autonomy and improving the resident's physical, psychological and social health.

The objective is to ensure the proper functioning of the institution as well as to optimize the quality of care.

To do this, the Head Nurse will be required to carry out the following tasks:

• Supervise employees: distribute work, schedule, adapt the existing schedule to the needs of the unit, direct and motivate employees, supervise employees, detect their needs (training, performance interviews, etc.);

• Organize care and control care activities: ensure the quality of care (care plan, apply instructions, update care records, make evaluations of the KATZ scale, ensure that employees have the necessary equipment, solve problems related to the operation of the unit, etc.);

• Optimize services to residents: in consultation with colleagues, with the multidisciplinary team and management, consult on experiences, problems, complaints and formulate proposals for improvement in this regard;

• In collaboration with the head nursing colleagues, create a living space and a full-fledged home for the residents, where optimal assistance and care are combined with the most comfortable stay possible;

• Coordinate and exchange relevant information with other departments in order to coordinate activities.

Conditions of participation in the recruitment :

• Hold the A1 nursing diploma and the nurse visa. 🎓

Behavioural skills:

• Have the ability to listen, empathize and understand;

• Respect the rules of confidentiality and professional secrecy;

• Have a critical eye on professional practice and an ability to question oneself with a view to evolution;

• Be concerned about the overall well-being of the elderly and the disoriented elderly person, their safety and respect for their dignity and appreciate the relational aspect.

Technical skills:

• Possess management, team and project management skills, be able to implement cohesion and team spirit, be good at dialogue, be able to manage possible conflicts and know how to motivate a team ;

• Be available and be willing, if necessary, to intervene in care (also on weekends or public holidays);

• Have a sense of organization and be able to support projects and bring them to fruition;

• Be rigorous and able to react with calm and self-control. This rigour also applies to the follow-up of administrative files.

Assets :

• Have a diploma in health management;

• Have proven experience in a CPAS in a nursing home;

• Have knowledge of Dutch and be in possession of the Selor language certificate, corresponding to your level of function.

Interested ?

To apply, go to our website: http://www.cpas1200.be where you will find all our job offers in the "Jobs" tab.

Selection procedure:

For the position of Head Nurse, within the Home Saint-Lambert and the Lise Thiry Short Stay, the selected candidates will be contacted to participate in the selection which will take place in 2 stages each selective :

• A written test;

• An oral test.

Do you have a disability, learning disability or illness, would you like to benefit from reasonable accommodations as part of the selection procedure? Mention this in your application. We will make sure to adapt the conditions as best as possible so that you can present yourself in the best circumstances.