RH(N) Registered Homes (Nursing)

Part RH(N) S: Nursing Staff in Post

1. RH(N) S applies to ORGANISATION SITES with an ORGANISATION SITE CLASSIFICATION of Registered/Chartered Site - Nursing Home or Registered/Chartered Site - Hospital or Clinic.

2. The information for each registered home is recorded during the annual inspection. Where more than one inspection of a registered home is carried out during the year, the information completed on RH(N) S should be in respect of the main pre-announced inspection within the year.

3. The return requires the INSPECTION DATE (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE INSPECTION (deleted), the ORGANISATION SITE CODE, ORGANISATION SITE NAME, ADDRESS and POSTCODE of the ORGANISATION SITE. In addition, the ORGANISATION CODE and ORGANISATION NAME of the Local Authority within whose area the registered home is located, is also required.

4. Where more than one inspection has occurred during the year, the REGISTERED SITE INSPECTION (deleted) with the latest INSPECTION DATE (deleted) and with MAIN PRE-ANNOUNCED INSPECTION (deleted) indicator of Yes, should be used.

Type of establishment (cell 01, 02 or 03)

5. Only one type of establishment can be indicated and is determined by the following criteria:

Nursing home (cell 01); an ORGANISATION SITE with an ORGANISATION SITE CLASSIFICATION of Registered/Chartered Site - Nursing Home and excludes NURSING HOMES with MENTAL NURSING HOME INDICATOR (deleted) identifying that they are Mental NURSING HOMES.

or Mental Nursing home (cell 02); an ORGANISATION SITE with an ORGANISATION SITE CLASSIFICATION of Registered/Chartered Site - Nursing Home with MENTAL NURSING HOME INDICATORS identifying that they are a Mental NURSING HOMES.

or Hospital/Clinic (cell 03); an ORGANISATION SITE with an ORGANISATION SITE CLASSIFICATION of Registered/Chartered Site - Hospital or Clinic.

Nursing Staff and Staff in post

6. This section of RH(N) S counts the number of Registered Site Nurses In Post categorised by Nurse Type for the permanent posts within the registered home.

Note: The return requires an entry in every cell which counts the nursing staff. If no count exists e.g. there are no nurses for a particular nurse type, then zero should be entered.

7. The INSPECTION DATE (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE NURSES IN POST (deleted) should be the same as the INSPECTION DATE (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE INSPECTION (deleted) for the inspection.

8. Nursing staff are classified by the following NURSE TYPES:

	Registered General Nurse ( Registered General Nurse and Registered Nurse (Adult)) (cells 04, 15, 26, 37, 48, 59)
	Registered Mental Nurse (Registered Mental Nurse and Registered Nurse (Learning Disabled - RN)) (cells 05, 16, 27, 38, 49, 60)
	Registered Nurse for people with Learning Disabilities (Registered Nurse (Learning Disabled - RNMH) and Registered Nurse (Mental Handicap)) (cells 06, 17, 28, 39, 50, 61)
	Registered Nurse for people with Learning Disabilities (Registered Nurse (Learning Disabled - RNMH) and Registered Nurse (Mental Handicap)) (cells 06, 17, 28, 39, 50, 61)
	Registered Sick Children's Nurse (Registered Sick Children's Nurse and Registered Nurse (Children)) (cells 07, 18, 29, 40, 51, 62)
	Registered Midwife (cells 08, 19, 30, 41, 52, 63)
	Registered Fever Nurse (cells 09, 20, 31, 42, 53, 64)
	Registered Nurse (Enrolled Nurse (General), Enrolled Nurse (Mental), Enrolled Nurse (Learning Disabled) and Enrolled Nurse (Trained in Scotland)) (cells 10, 21, 32, 43, 54, 65)
	Registered Health Visitor (cells 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66)
	Care Assistant - with NVQ (cells 12, 23, 34, 45, 56, 67)
	Care Assistant - without NVQ (cells 13, 24, 35, 46, 57, 68)

9. Staff in post information for each NURSE TYPES is split between permanent staff and temporary Agency/ Bank staff.

Permanent staff in post information:

10. Number of full-time staff: FULL-TIME PERMANENT STAFF IN POST (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE NURSES IN POST (deleted)

Number of part-time staff: PART-TIME PERMANENT STAFF IN POST (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE NURSES IN POST (deleted)

Number of part-time staff whole time equivalent: PART-TIME WTE PERMANENT IN POST (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE NURSES IN POST (deleted)

Temporary Agency/Bank staff in post information:

11. Number of full-time staff: FULL-TIME AGENCY OR BANK STAFF (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE NURSES IN POST (deleted)

Number of part-time staff: PART-TIME AGENCY OR BANK STAFF (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE NURSES IN POST (deleted)

Number of part-time staff whole time equivalent: PART-TIME WTE AGENCY OR BANK STAFF (deleted) of REGISTERED SITE NURSES IN POST (deleted)

Total (cells 14, 25, 36, 47, 58)

12. These are the totals of the staff in post information.