Senior Staff Nurse

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.

We'd like you to join us as a Senior Staff Nurse at our Nottingham Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre 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.

We provide a psychology led multi-disciplinary treatment model to deliver a high quality, specialist service for people who have a neuro disability or acquired brain injury.

You will be working as part of the team on Fernwood Unit:

Fernwood (22 beds) High dependency rehabilitation

Fernwood is for individuals with particularly complex nursing care needs. Residents may have tracheostomies, required assisted ventilation or may present with a persistent disorder of consciousness. We also care for individuals who may be in the end stage of a progressive neurological illness. Residents have access to input from the therapy team as standard. Individualised therapy or rehabilitation package tailored to individual needs and goals are also available. Fernwood is also able to provide tracheostomy weaning programmes on-site, where clinically indicated.

What you'll be working:

We're flexible, so you'll work a total 38.5 hours per week, days & nights on a rota basis.

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.
• Provide clinical leadership to a designated nursing team and ensure the provision of high quality care.
• Provide a high quality individualised standard of care to a defined group of patients, relatives and carers.
• Ensure the effective supervision and development of staff.
• Work and act as a key member of the team, supporting each patient with achieving their planned outcomes.
• Act as the primary nurse in the assessment of needs and organising of care.
• Take charge of a designated clinical area.
• Adopt a flexible approach to hours of duty, in order to meet the needs of the service over a 24 hour period.

What you'll have:

A current NMC Pin registration (MENTAL HEALTH)
A legal right to work in the U.K.
Experience in Neurorehabilitation advantageous

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
• Active 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
• 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