Senior Staff Nurse - Tracheostomy and Neurorehabilitation

Active Care Group; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Maidstone seeks a Primary Nurse responsible for nursing assessments and care planning for patients in a neurorehabilitation setting. The ideal candidate will have a current NMC Pin registration and knowledge of respiratory and tracheostomy care. This role offers a rota of 37.5 hours per week, comprehensive benefits including training opportunities and a Nest Pension account. Join a committed employer focused on providing exceptional care while supporting individual needs.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Birthday leave

Access to Active Learning Hub for training

Employee Assistance Programme

Paid NMC Renewal

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Must have a current NMC Pin registration.
• Legal right to work in the U.K. required.
• Up to date experience with respiratory and tracheostomy care.
• Experience managing neuro conditions and working within a neurorehabilitation setting.

Responsibilities

• Act as Primary Nurse, ensuring nursing assessments and care planning.
• Contribute to MDT working and risk assessments.
• Provide clinical documentation and nursing reports.
• Work autonomously to deliver specialized clinical interventions.
• Flexible working hours to meet service needs over 24 hours.

Skills

NMC Pin registration (RGN)

Knowledge of Respiratory and Tracheostomy care

Experience in management of neuro conditions

Experience in neurorehabilitation setting

Job description

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-centered 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.

Requirements

• A current NMC Pin registration (RGN)
• A Legal right to work in the U.K.
• Up to date experience/knowledge of Respiratory and Tracheostomy care essential
• Up to date experience/knowledge in management of neuro conditions essential
• Experience of working within a neurorehabilitation setting

Benefits

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers in Neuro and Mental Healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

• 37.5 hours per week, on a rota basis 07:00 - 19:30 or 19:30 - 07:00 Days, Nights, Week & Weekends
• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Paid NMC Renewal
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to 1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, 500 all other roles, by recommending someone you know

We are a Disability Confident committed employer and want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions.