Senior Staff Nurse

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Job overview

Looking for a new and exciting opportunity in your Nursing career?

We’ve got just the thing! The chance to join a dynamic team has arisen at Henderson Rehabilitation Unit, which is based in Thornbury.

The unit consists of 19 beds, and provides a rehabilitation environment where individuals who are ‘medically stable’ can receive rehabilitation assessment, along with focused therapy and support from our multidisciplinary team, to support independence before they return home.

This is an opportunity to gain and develop your skills within the area of discharge planning and learn more in-depth team management skills through managing a team of nurses.

Are you up to the challenge?

• Responsible for the initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for service users who are acutely and chronically unwell; often with complex needs arising from the stroke and frail elderly cohort
• Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, person- centred intervention programmes incorporating physical, psychological, social, leisure and employment needs, using an evidence-based practice approach, promoting high quality and harm free care
• Collaborate and negotiate with patients, carers and family in identifying appropriate and achievable goals as part of the overall care plan, which will maximise quality of life and independence.
• Facilitate appropriate referrals to other services or investigations based on your assessment to ensure holistic patient care
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team, to provide integrated skills and sharing knowledge providing holistic and specialist skills supported by a robust competency framework
• Carry out nursing intervention drawing on a wide range of specialist knowledge gained from practical experience and specific trainin

We are looking for a Nurse with excellent communication skills and respect for patients, carers, and colleagues alike to work with us in order to create an environment conducive to care.

If you feel you would like to take this next step and challenge towards progressing your nursing career then please apply.

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 read the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role before applying.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Able to effectively lead a team (with senior support where required)
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions.
• Experience of supervising staff and students of own profession, including mentorship.
• Able to function effectively as a team member

• Recent relevant experience within the community setting including management of the frail complex patient
• Experience of supervising staff and students from other professions