Senior Staff Nurse(RMHN/ LD/RGN) Neurorehabilitation
Location : York
Salary: £45,195 - £50,395 DOE
Hours: Full-time contracts are 38.5 hours and cover 7 x12hr 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 charitythat 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. Its 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 youll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To provide clinical leadership on a daily basis ensuring that exceptional standards of care are adhered to all times, by acting as a positive role model and ensuring that best practice guidelines are followed.
Assisting in the effective assessment, admission and discharge planning with service users care team.
Establish systems and processes to ensure effective communication and continuity of service user care liaising with inter-disciplinary teams.
Empower and enable staff to contribute to the delivery of high quality person-centred care.
Promote and facilitate a learning culture within the ward and a culture of reflective practice for all staff.
Establish highest care standards to meet or exceed current standards as well as ensuring that risk management strategies are in place.
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. Responsible for ensuring that all staff identify and report concerns regarding safeguarding of all those who may be at risk.
Involvement in staff recruitment and retention.
Support the induction of new staff and take on the role of mentor (where applicable) for students and newly qualified staff.
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To provide clinical leadership on a daily basis ensuring that exceptional standards of care are adhered to all times, by acting as a positive role model and ensuring that best practice guidelines are followed.
Assisting in the effective assessment, admission and discharge planning with service users care team.
Establish systems and processes to ensure effective communication and continuity of service user care liaising with inter-disciplinary teams.
Empower and enable staff to contribute to the delivery of high quality person-centred care.
Promote and facilitate a learning culture within the ward and a culture of reflective practice for all staff.
Establish highest care standards to meet or exceed current standards as well as ensuring that risk management strategies are in place.
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. Responsible for ensuring that all staff identify and report concerns regarding safeguarding of all those who may be at risk.
Involvement in staff recruitment and retention.
Support the induction of new staff and take on the role of mentor (where applicable) for students and newly qualified staff.
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.
Promote effective confidential communication with service users, relatives families, carers and colleagues (including external personnel) providing information and support to in decision-making and advocate on the service users behalf.
Adhere to organisational and NMC guidelines for practice requirements and standards such as the safe handling, administration, storage of all medication.
To establish and maintain a high profile with service users, carers and all staff.
To ensure that appropriate risk assessments are undertaken and that agreed action plans have been implemented.