CQC Compliant Policies & Procedures for Nursing Homes
The QCS Care Home with Nursing Management System allows those providing social care services in nursing homes to manage their businesses, meet compliance demands and provide consistently high standards of care.
Many agree it is difficult to meet the CQC Fundamental Standards; in a care home with nursing the problems are compounded, especially if you have a working practice where you create your own policies and procedures. The need to maintain nursing capability around the clock is a pre-requisite and the compliance obligation cannot be sidestepped.
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The system enables nursing homes to achieve complete compliance with the CQC’s regulatory requirements. The system is an expertly written and updated online solution backed up by printed resources. The comprehensive system content consists of policies and procedures as well as all necessary forms for assessment and recording. Information is gathered in a systematic way and is QA-ready, that is in the right format for meeting the requirement for Quality Assurance monitoring.
The system helps to overcome some of the key problems relating to providing quality nursing as a service component. The system is supportive, enabling an empowering culture, which is essential for retaining good nurses; it also addresses other issues in this area such as recruitment, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and maintains accountable records of nurses’ professional standards.
The entire system is designed to facilitate the need for on the job training. Reading lists support individual training plans. Nurses may record use and/or reading of the system and where appropriate this may count towards CPD.
Key documents within the care home with nursing system include:
- Care plans
- Service user and staff handbooks
- Forms for:
- Risk assessments
- Managing health and safety
- Medications
The documentation is written by expert practitioners and is practical not theoretical.
The guidelines for nursing practice are kept up to date. Nurses feel confident they are maintaining their competence