Intensive Community Rehabilitation (ICR) Nurse
Band 6
Main area: Intensive Community Rehab
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 371-CHS972
Site: Intensive Community Rehab
Town: Slough
Salary: £39,205 - £47,084 per annum (incl of HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 31/03/2025
We are looking for a motivated and experienced registered nurse with a warm personality, alongside excellent communication and interpersonal skills. As an integral member of the team, you will work together to provide nursing assessments for patients who have returned home from hospital or who have been unwell at home, with the goal of keeping them at home with rehabilitation support. You will support colleagues in the delivery of compassionate, safe, and structured care, and you will be enthusiastic to share your knowledge when managing and mentoring more junior team members.
The role of the Intensive Community Rehabilitation (ICR) Nurse is to conduct the nursing element of the assessments and nursing procedures for the patients on the caseload, as well as exercising leadership and management of a defined nursing team within the East Integrated care teams. To deliver skilled evidence-based nursing assessment and relay this information to the other members of the MDT in a timely and concise manner. To ensure safe clinical practices and high standards of care are maintained to meet service demand.
This role may require supporting in the running of catheter clinics, so knowledge in this area is desirable.
Service provision is during working hours between Monday to Friday. This role requires a full driving licence and access to a car, as most of the workload will be visiting patients in their own homes.
Main duties of the job
1. Conduct the nursing element for our patients, including those who may be frail, at risk of falling, have pressure damage, or are unwell.
2. Triage patients to ensure referrals meet the service criteria and identify when the patient needs to be discharged from the service appropriately.
3. Meet service demands including reprioritising clinical and non-clinical workload, applying contingency plans, and flexing the service, escalating to the Team Lead when necessary.
4. Provide clinical support, leadership, and guidance to junior staff, including Band 5 nurses, health care assistants, and Multi-Therapy Assistants.
5. Communicate effectively with patients, carers, and family members, including those with communication impairments or cognitive deficits.
6. Complete documentation for all interactions regarding patients in a timely manner on RiO, ensuring detailed, accurate, and confidential patient records according to Trust policies.
7. Ensure the workload is evenly distributed amongst the nursing team and delegate work as deemed necessary.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment, and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption, and special leave
* Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
* Registered General Nurse with current NMC Registration
* Significant post-registration clinical experience including in a clinic setting and working with frail patients
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Evidence of leading, supervising, and training other staff members
* Full driving license and access to a car
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
* Registered General Nurse, Adult Branch and current NMC Registration
* Evidence of advanced clinical knowledge/skills in specific areas of nursing
* Management/Leadership qualification/experience or willingness to work towards
Continuous Professional Development
* Evidence of continual professional development and willingness to undertake further training and development
Previous Experience
* Significant post-registration clinical experience including working in the community and with frail patients
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Evidence of effective team working and ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to support junior staff including coaching and mentoring, leading staff appraisal, induction, and supervision
* Working proactively with staff in implementing innovative clinical practice
* Ability to demonstrate and show evidence of effective clinical skills including catheter care, PICC line care, etc.
Additional Requirements
* Ability to travel to multiple sites
* Access to own car and full driving licence
* Being flexible to cover other sites when required
These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.
At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.
We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.
Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.
Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers.
No agencies, please.
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