Come and join one of the UK’s largest providers in complex care.
We'd like you to join us as a Staff Nurse (Learning & Development Nurse) at our service in Nottingham.
This is a dual role which will include a rosta’d shift at this service whilst working closely with the Learning & Development team for the remainder.
At Nottingham Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre, we offer rehabilitation, care and support to people with a brain injury or other neurological condition. We’re committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy, empowered enabling them to live the best life possible.
Where you'll be working:
37.63 hours per week, on a rota basis (Monday - Sunday)
You will be required to work a minimum of one full shift a week at your designated place of work without exception reporting to the Service or Hospital Director/ Clinical Lead Deputy Manager/ Ward Manager as required.
For other hours of work within this post, you will have a dotted line of reporting to the Learning and Development Director.
What you'll be doing:
- Acting as Primary Nurse, taking overall responsibility for the nursing input residents receive, through nursing assessments and care planning.
- Contributing towards MDT working, risk assessment management and a programme of on-going clinical improvement.
- Providing written nursing reports for a range of statutory and clinical review processes.
- Work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker for a defined group of patients.
- Work and act as a key member of the team, supporting each patient with achieving their planned outcomes.
- To ensure a comprehensive assessment is completed for the patients/residents/clients to ensure a comprehensive person-centred assessment is completed for their pathway and care plan.
- Take charge of a designated clinical area.
- Ensure all clinical documentation is of a high standard and patient notes are maintained and filed in the appropriate way.
- Provide a highly specialised range of clinical interventions and knowledge of evidence based models of practice relevant to the patients’/residents’ needs.
- Working autonomously with confidence and competence to provide a highly specialised and safe service to the patient.
- Adopt a flexible approach to hours of duty, in order to meet the needs of the service over a 24 hour period.
What we would like from you:
- A current NMC Pin registration (RN)
- A legal right to work in the UK
- Previous experience as a band 5 in a neurological setting.
- Up to date knowledge and skills within Tracheostomy care.
- Knowledge and experience in Motor Neurone Disease, neurology, or complex long-term conditions desireable, however, full training will be provided.
- Experience of of managing complex patients, utilising advanced clinical reasoning skills to assess, diagnose and implement appropriate nursing support plans. Knowledge of development, clinical training and supervision of support workers.
- You will be able to demonstrate clinical effectiveness by reflecting current evidence base, national guidelines and use of outcome measures.
We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.
