Staff Nurse

Active Neuro; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday off

Wide range of training & development

Employee assistance programme

Refer a Friend scheme and rewards

Job summary

Active Care Group is seeking a Staff Nurse for the Millwood Unit in Nottingham to lead nursing care for residents with brain injury and neurological conditions. You will provide assessments, care planning and multidisciplinary support to help residents progress toward discharge.

The role requires current NMC Pin registration, UK work rights and neurorehabilitation experience. The post offers flexible shifts within a 24-hour service and a supportive leadership team.

Qualifications

• NMC Pin registration required (RGN).
• Legal right to work in the UK required.
• Up-to-date knowledge of Tracheostomy care essential.
• Experience in neurorehabilitation settings essential.
• Experience with neuro conditions and MDT involvement preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as Primary Nurse and lead nursing input for residents.
• Contribute to MDT working, risk assessments and clinical improvement.
• Produce written nursing reports for statutory and review processes.
• Follow NMC Code of Professional Conduct as named nurse.
• Support patients to achieve planned outcomes within a team.
• Ensure comprehensive, person-centred assessments and care plans.
• Take charge of a designated clinical area and maintain high-quality records.
• Provide a highly specialised range of interventions relevant to neuro patients.

Skills

NMC Pin registration (RGN)

Legal right to work in UK

Tracheostomy care

Neurorehabilitation experience

Neuro condition management

Education

Nursing qualification

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 on our Millwood Unit at our service in Nottingham.

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.

Millwood (23 beds) – Neurorehabilitation

Millwood is for residents who have undergone acute rehabilitation and require further therapy input to reach their optimum level of recovery. We provide a range of rehabilitation therapies to help people relearn and practice everyday skills to give them the best chance of a return home.

What you'll be working:

37.63 hours per week

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.

“At Active Care Group we want everyone to feel welcome and supported. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment or interview process, just let us know and we’d be very happy to discuss this with you.”

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 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

What to look forward to:

• 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
• 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