Staff Nurse

Active Neuro; Hothfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday off

Training & development via Active Lear

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Nest Pension

NMC Renewal support

Medicash Health Plan

Refer a Friend Bonus

Job summary

Active Care Group is inviting applications for a Staff Nurse (Tracheostomy and Neurorehabilitation) at the Hothfield Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre in Kent. The role involves working 37.63 hours per week on a rota that includes days, nights and weekends, with a focus on high standards of nursing care for adults with brain injuries and neurological conditions.

The successful candidate will be an NMC registered nurse with expertise in tracheostomy care and neurorehabilitation, joining a

Qualifications

• Current NMC PIN registration (RGN).
• Legal right to work in the UK.
• Up-to-date knowledge of tracheostomy care.
• Experience with neuro conditions and neurorehabilitation setting.

Responsibilities

• Act as Primary Nurse, taking overall responsibility for nursing input for residents.
• Contribute to MDT working, risk assessment and clinical improvement.
• Provide written nursing reports for statutory and clinical review processes.
• Work in line with NMC Code as named nurse for a patient group.
• Support patients to achieve planned outcomes with the team.
• Ensure comprehensive, person-centred assessments and care plans.

Skills

NMC Pin registration

Right to work in UK

Tracheostomy care

Neuro conditions care

Neurorehabilitation experience

Job description

Come and join one of the UK’s largest providers in complex care.

We'd like you to join us as a Staff Nurse (Tracheostomy and Neurorehabilitation) at our Hothfield Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre in Kent.

At Hothfield Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Centre we look after adults 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.

What you'll be working:

37.63 hours per week

Rota'd Days/ Nights & Weekends

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

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.

What to look forward to:

• 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
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group