Job requirements
Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
BSc or equivalent experience in adult nursing role
- Qualifications
Current NMC registration
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Effective communication skills written, verbal and no-verbal with the ability to adapt communication for individuals with communication difficulties
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Able to function effectively as a team member
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Able to work autonomously, and ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Good problem solving skills
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Effective time management and caseload management
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Have experience in a wide variety of nursing areas, including in the acute setting (this may be as student placements if newly qualified)
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Able to carry out the range of professional services and technical elements in a ward including clinical assessment and record keeping.
- Skills, knowledge and experience
Experience of the application of health, safety and risk management policies Working with a range of professionals in Health or Social Care
Job overview
Are you a compassionate Nurse who wants to make a real difference in the lives of elderly service users? Do you want to help patients regain their confidence, improve their quality of life and achieve greater independence?
Henderson Rehab Unit, based at Grace Care Centre in Thornbury, is at the heart of our Pathway 2 rehabilitation service. We’re looking for enthusiastic nurses to join our supportive team in our 19-bedded physical rehabilitation unit and help us continue to develop our services.
You’ll work alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team to deliver personalised nursing and rehabilitation care, supporting patients with a range of needs, including frailty, orthopaedic conditions, post-surgical recovery and long-term neurological conditions.
Every patient’s journey is different, and your expertise will play a vital role in helping them achieve the best possible outcomes and regain their independence.
Whether you’re a newly qualified nurse or an experienced Registered Nurse looking for a fresh challenge, this is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills, share your ideas and be part of a team that truly makes a difference.
Main duties of the job
The unit nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for a group of identified service users and will provide and maintain a high standard of patient focussed care that ensures patient safety; dignity and respect are paramount to the care delivered.
You will...
- Provide, monitor and ensure that a high standard of safe and effective nursing care is maintained via professional actions, verbal and written skills.
- With the support of senior staff be responsible for the initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell; often with complex needs arising from the frail elderly cohort.
- Carry out a range of routine and non-routine tasks including medication rounds, clinical observations, planning, implementing, and evaluating care plans, assisting patients to meet their daily care needs, health promotion, venepuncture, planning discharges for patients.
Work Pattern
- You will be expected to work weekends and bank holidays on a rostered basis. Combination of both day and night shifts.
- Day shift 07:00 19:30
- Night shift 19:00 07:30
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Inpatient Rehabilitation Nurse with Sirona care & health CIC in Thornbury. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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