Inpatient Rehabilitation Nurse

Sirona-Care-; Thornbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27+ days annual leave

Agenda for Change salary

Job summary

Sirona care & health CIC in Thornbury is inviting applications for an Inpatient Rehabilitation Nurse (Band 5). The post offers 34.5 hours per week on a permanent contract with part-time hours and flexible working.

NHS benefits, pension scheme, and pro rata salary are included. You will join Henderson Rehab Unit’s 19-bedded rehabilitation ward, working with a multidisciplinary team to support elderly patients through rehabilitation and discharge planning.

Qualifications

• BSc or equivalent in adult nursing.
• Current NMC registration.
• Experience across nursing areas including acute settings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide and maintain high standards of patient-centred nursing care.
• Carry out holistic assessments, planning, and evaluation of care.
• Support patients with frailty, orthopaedic, post-surgical and long-term neurological needs.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Clinical judgement

Autonomy

Time management

Acute nursing experience

Education

BSc or equivalent in adult nursing

NMC registration

Job description

Main area Nurse Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

34.5 hours per week (Rotational - day and night shifts) Job ref 083-8075076-SL-C

Employer Sirona care & health CIC Employer type NHS Site Henderson Rehab Unit Town Thornbury Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

Inpatient Rehabilitation Nurse

Band 5

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Job overview

Are you a compassionate Nurse who wants to make a real difference in the lives of elderly service users? Do you want to help patients regain their confidence, improve their quality of life and achieve greater independence?

Henderson Rehab Unit, based at Grace Care Centre in Thornbury, is at the heart of our Pathway 2 rehabilitation service. We’re looking for enthusiastic nurses to join our supportive team in our 19-bedded physical rehabilitation unit and help us continue to develop our services.

You’ll work alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team to deliver personalised nursing and rehabilitation care, supporting patients with a range of needs, including frailty, orthopaedic conditions, post-surgical recovery and long-term neurological conditions.

Every patient’s journey is different, and your expertise will play a vital role in helping them achieve the best possible outcomes and regain their independence.

Whether you’re a newly qualified nurse or an experienced Registered Nurse looking for a fresh challenge, this is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills, share your ideas and be part of a team that truly makes a difference.

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. Combination of both day and night shifts.

• Day shift 07:00 19:30
• Night shift 19:00 07:30

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.