Senior Staff Nurse(RMHN/ LD/RGN) Neurorehabilitation
Location: York
Hours: Full-time contracts are 38.5 hours and cover 7 x 12hr shifts every two weeks.
Brainkind Neurological Centre York is a purpose-built 40-bed state-of-the-art independent hospital, providing high-quality neuropsychiatric, neurobehavioral assessment and rehabilitation for people following an acquired brain injury with a range of additional mental health and physical conditions.
Brainkind is a leading UK charity that works alongside people with an acquired brain injury, autism, and learning or physical disabilities to help them live as independently as possible. Our teams across the UK support people to move forward with their lives. It's a special feeling to share their individual journeys and play a part in the progress they make. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do; you'll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
Main duties of the job
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To provide clinical leadership on a daily basis ensuring that exceptional standards of care are adhered to at all times, by acting as a positive role model and ensuring that best practice guidelines are followed.
2. Assisting in the effective assessment, admission, and discharge planning with service users' care team.
3. Establish systems and processes to ensure effective communication and continuity of service user care liaising with inter-disciplinary teams.
4. Empower and enable staff to contribute to the delivery of high-quality person-centred care.
5. Promote and facilitate a learning culture within the ward and a culture of reflective practice for all staff.
6. Establish highest care standards to meet or exceed current standards as well as ensuring that risk management strategies are in place.
7. Responsible for ensuring that all staff recognise the potential for or signs of service user harm, abuse, and neglect, including poor clinical practice, report all such occurrences and take all responsible steps to protect the service user.
8. Involvement in staff recruitment and retention.
9. Support the induction of new staff and take on the role of mentor (where applicable) for students and newly qualified staff.
About us
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units, and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse, and more to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do; you'll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
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. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It's 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.
Job responsibilities
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To provide clinical leadership on a daily basis ensuring that exceptional standards of care are adhered to at all times, by acting as a positive role model and ensuring that best practice guidelines are followed.
2. Assisting in the effective assessment, admission, and discharge planning with service users' care team.
3. Establish systems and processes to ensure effective communication and continuity of service user care liaising with inter-disciplinary teams.
4. Empower and enable staff to contribute to the delivery of high-quality person-centred care.
5. Promote and facilitate a learning culture within the ward and a culture of reflective practice for all staff.
6. Establish highest care standards to meet or exceed current standards as well as ensuring that risk management strategies are in place.
7. Responsible for ensuring that all staff recognise the potential for or signs of service user harm, abuse, and neglect, including poor clinical practice, report all such occurrences and take all responsible steps to protect the service user.
8. Involvement in staff recruitment and retention.
9. Support the induction of new staff and take on the role of mentor (where applicable) for students and newly qualified staff.
10. Promote the health and wellbeing of staff and note any signs of ill health or stress factors and take appropriate action in line with Brainkind policies.
11. Promote effective confidential communication with service users, relatives, families, carers, and colleagues (including external personnel) providing information and support in decision-making and advocate on the service user's behalf.
12. Adhere to organisational and NMC guidelines for practice requirements and standards such as the safe handling, administration, and storage of all medication.
13. To establish and maintain a high profile with service users, carers, and all staff.
14. To ensure that appropriate risk assessments are undertaken and that agreed action plans have been implemented.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RMN/RNLD/RGN
* Two years experience of working as a Staff Nurse within a Neurobehavioural setting.
* Experience of managing a team
* Demonstrate an understanding of Clinical Governance
* Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the Mental Capacity Act
* Knowledge of NMC standards
* Ability and willingness to provide training to student nurses, preceptorship nurses, and the wider team
* Level 3 safeguarding training
* Experience of involvement with CQC inspections
* Evidence of CPD since qualification
* Experience of conducting capacity assessments and leading on best interest decision-making
* Demonstrate implementation of the Mental Health Act as a nurse of the prescribed class
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.
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