Staff Nurse - Neuro Rehabilitation - West Berkshire Community Hospital

Job overview

Staff Nurse - Neuro Rehabilitation - West Berkshire Community Hospital

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY IS FOR THE NEURO REHAB UNIT BASED IN THATCHAM AT THE WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

Are you passionate about rehabilitation?

Do you want to make a real difference to patient care? We do and we have, but we are looking to recruit more staff nurses to continue and to contribute to making a real difference to our neuro - rehabilitation patients.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is responsible for undertaking and recording a comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced based nursing care to a diverse group of patients. The post holder is:

• expected to deliver care without direct supervision. Is accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.
• expected to teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non- registered nursing workforce.
• accountable for care or any omissions of care that he/she delegates to others.
• expected to act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Informal visit would be welcome.

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job description and person specification attached.