Head of Care
The Service:
The Neurological Care Centre – Lancashire’ is a specialist neurological care centre based in Fulwood, Preston. The centre is both a Nurse and Therapy led service providing specialist neurological rehabilitation, palliative and complex care. consultant led neurological rehabilitation team, on site. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. To take responsibility for the health care needs of individuals in the service ensuring the highest standards of care are maintained and delivered.
•To lead, develop, direct, and supervise the nursing team and Rehabilitation Support team to support, guide and enable people we support with Neurorehabilitation in the performance of daily living functions and the development of personal skills and potential.
•To support the team in meeting compliance in line with requirements of the regulatory body and relevant legislation.
•To lead on health promotion for people we support in the service.
To support the service manager in leading the ongoing development of service provision, through development, delivery and maintenance of high standards of evidence based clinical care and safety
Assists the Service Manager in the continuing responsibility for the management of the unit.
•Ensuring that performance standards are identified and met.
•To support and coordinate assessment of referrals and plan and organise admissions and discharge of people we support to the unit through coordination and review
•To lead on agreed Quality Assurance Audits and Clinical Governance, ensuring relevant documentation is completed by self and according to Brainkind policy and relevant legislation, and that episodes of care and treatment are evaluated and reviewed according to individual requirements
•Lead and oversee the nurse/support worker team in delivering the continuum of care planned for the individual, ensuring involvement with people we support, carers and families provided
•Lead on the assessment, planning, delivery, evaluation and review of indivualised evidence-based care and support, coordinating and training other staff to ensure delivery of planned care and using outcome measures to monitor effectiveness.
•Lead and advise on the health care management of individuals ensuring health promotion advice and opportunity is accessible to people we support both in service and via external agencies.
•Lead on and provide training and support for others to refer to appropriate external agencies when any health concerns or deterioration occurs, lead on any health emergencies that occur while in the service.
•Advise and update specialist and non-specialist professionals on the health care needs of the people we support developing written reports to support information, effectively communicate service user individuals needs in meetings as required.
•Lead and support others to effectively communicate with all people we support, carers, families and other stakeholders, reporting any compliments, concerns, or complaints according to Brainkind policy and effectively managing them as required.
•Communicate effectively with the interdisciplinary team and external agencies, lead on communication with other services such as a safeguarding, CQC or others as required.
Proven experience of managing complex and diverse care/rehabilitation services
Demonstrate relevant understanding of the challenges associated with working with people with an acquired brain injury and other long term neurological degenerative conditions
You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services.
A competitive salary of £48,000 - £51,000 DOE
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Excellent training and support
Group life assurance
Company Pension
Eye voucher scheme
Long service and staff awards
Free parking
Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store
We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.
Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. **
*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*
Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.