Inpatient Rehabilitation Nurse

NHS; Thornbury; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Thornbury is seeking motivated, compassionate nurses to provide high-quality care for elderly service users in a rehabilitation unit. The role involves working as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver personalised nursing care while promoting independence. Whether newly qualified or experienced, candidates will receive support in skill development. The position offers a competitive salary and NHS benefits.

Benefits

27+ days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Full NHS benefits

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration required.
• Experience in a wide variety of nursing areas, including in acute settings.
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individualised nursing care.
• Conduct assessments and implement care plans.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Teamwork

Time management

Clinical judgement

Autonomous working

Education

BSc or equivalent experience in adult nursing

Tools

Clinical assessment tools

Job description

We are looking for motivated, compassionate and ambitious nurses who have a genuine interest in working with elderly service users and delivering high standards of care. We are looking for Nurses who are wanting to provide our patients with the best experience and treatment possible and are ready for the challenge of helping us to further develop our rehabilitation services. Could this be you?

Henderson Rehab Unit is based at Grace Care Centre in Thornbury and is at the heart of our Pathway 2 rehabilitation service. If you are a Registered Nurse who enjoys working with patients to improve quality of life and promote independence then this is an exciting opportunity to join us in our 19 bedded physical rehabilitation unit.

You will work as part of our multidisciplinary team, all working together, to deliver individualised nursing and rehabilitation care to patients with the common goal of delivering the best outcomes possible for our patients.

Our patients present with a broad range of conditions including orthopaedic, frail elderly, post-surgery and long term neurological conditions and we work with them to help them attain the highest level of personal independence prior to discharge.

Whether you are a newly qualified or an experienced nurse - this is a chance to develop your skills as part of a highly supportive team.

Main duties of the job

The unit nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for a group of identified service users and will provide and maintain a high standard of patient focussed care that ensures patient safety; dignity and respect are paramount to the care delivered.

You will...

• Provide, monitor and ensure that a high standard of safe and effective nursing care is maintained via professional actions, verbal and written skills.
• With the support of senior staff be responsible for the initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell; often with complex needs arising from the frail elderly cohort.
• Carry out a range of routine and non-routine tasks including medication rounds, clinical observations, planning, implementing, and evaluating care plans, assisting patients to meet their daily care needs, health promotion, venepuncture, planning discharges for patients.

Work Pattern

• You will be expected to work weekends and bank holidays on a rostered basis. Day and night shifts but predominantly day shifts.
• Day shift 07:00 19:30
• Night shift 19:00 07:30

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It\'s time to turn your dream into reality!We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc or equivalent experience in adult nursing role
• Current NMC registration

Skills, knowledge and experience

• Effective communication skills written, verbal and no-verbal with the ability to adapt communication for individuals with communication difficulties
• Able to function effectively as a team member
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions
• Able to work autonomously, and ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff
• Effective time management and caseload management
• Have experience in a wide variety of nursing areas, including in the acute setting (this may be as student placements if newly qualified)
• Able to carry out the range of professional services and technical elements in a ward including clinical assessment and record keeping.
• Experience of the application of health, safety and risk management policies Working with a range of professionals in Health or Social Care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pro rata, per annum