*Provide expert specialist neuro and complex rehabilitation nursing management for patients with highly complex hyper acute and acute rehabilitation needs within the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
*To work autonomously but effectively as part of the Specialist Hyper Acute Rehabilitation team delivering specialist clinical nursing assessment treatment and management for patients with highly complex hyper acute and acute neurological/ rehabilitation needs.
*To be accountable for safe and effective clinical practice working as part of a defined team, supporting team performance, ensuring efficient and effective use of physical and human resources. To provide/deliver a range of educational and training packages to health care staff, patients and carers. This includes the ongoing development and delivering education on the policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines which support this service.
*To contribute appropriately to specialty KPIs and delivers KPIs that align with Therapy Services and the neurosciences specialty.
Main duties of the job
*Provide treatment/advice as per specialty and scope of practice. This may be face to face, virtual or telephone, and incorporate the use of agreed protocols, clinical and professional guidelines, within an acute secondary healthcare facility or in a primary/community or home care setting.
*Carry out specialist clinical practice within a designated group of patients as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ensure that high quality, current evidence-based nursing care underpins all actions with patients and is aligned to professional values of care, compassion and respect.
*Accountable for administration and custody of medicines according to the Trust Policy, including safe administration of medicines, controlled drugs, intravenous drugs, transfusion of blood and blood products.
*Provide a seamless, high-quality service from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required.
*Demonstrate safe, appropriate practice and specialist nursing advice using up to date knowledge and evidence. Make person-centred, evidence-based judgements in partnership with others involved in the care process ensuring high quality care.
*Continuously assess communication, educational and information needs for patients and their families, devise plans to ensure needs are met, ensure instructions/information are understood.
*Use professional judgment to act as advocate for patients, support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can. Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
* *Evidence of post registration CPD / post registration qualification in appropriate area of specialty or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6
Experience
Essential
* *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
* *Significant post registration experience, with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for the associated area of specialist practice
* *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence
* *Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to specialty
* *Experience and enthusiasm for teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
* *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
* *Demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice-based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the NMC
Desirable
* *Experience in service development
Additional Criteria
Essential
* *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge and competence
* *Willingness to achieve competence in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices
* *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
* *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
* *Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required and ability to work across UHB sites or off site in NHS premises where required
* *Car Driver
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
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