Staff Nurse - Neuro Rehabilitation - West Berkshire Community Hospital

Job summary

Staff Nurse - Neuro Rehabilitation - West Berkshire Community Hospital

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY IS FOR THE NEURO REHAB UNIT BASED IN THATCHAM AT THE WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

Are you passionate about rehabilitation?

Do you want to make a real difference to patient care? We do and we have, but we are looking to recruit more staff nurses to continue and to contribute to making a real difference to our neuro - rehabilitation patients.

NRU is a 10 bed unit, offering rehabilitation to Adults who have a stroke, sustained head injuries, and neurological conditions such as GBS or multiple sclerosis. We are a welcoming multiprofessional team with our primary focus on delivering excptional standards of care. A challenging and rewarding opportunity to develop in a supportive and enabling setting awaits. The successful candidate will join an inclusive team passionate about neuro-rehabiltation.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is responsible for undertaking and recording a comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced based nursing care to a diverse group of patients. The post holder is:

• expected to deliver care without direct supervision. Is accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.
• expected to teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non- registered nursing workforce.
• accountable for care or any omissions of care that he/she delegates to others.
• expected to act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital foundation trusts in the country, and currently touch the lives of half a million patients in the west of Berkshire every year by providing high quality acute medical and surgical services for our local communities.

Our values:

• Compassionate
• Aspirational
• Resourceful
• Excellent

The town of Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as good.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Informal visit would be welcome.

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Registered Nurse -part 1
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Experience

Essential

• Experience (through placement or employment ) of working in an acute clinical environment

Other

Essential

• Information technology literate.

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).