Rehabilitation Nurse Bank

Job overview

Rehabilitation Nurse - Foxbury Ward

Band 5 - £35,763 - £43,466 Per annum pro rata

Bank - adhoc hours

The Rehabilitation Nurse (Band 5) is responsible for ensuring the effective provision of nursing care for patients in the unit. You may act up for the senior Staff Nurse and will regularly take charge of a nursing caseload when the relevant competencies have been achieved. You share responsibility for the management of rehabilitation programmes for patients while on the unit. She/he carries continuing responsibility for the comprehensive assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care programmes. You are accountable for standards of care and for determining the activity of your support staff.

You will be expected to:

To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and to be conversant with the Scope of Professional Conduct and other NMC Advisory papers.

To take responsibility for ensuring the criteria for CPD is met in order to maintain nursing registration and also for professional and organisational knowledge in accordance with PREPP.

To practice according to Bromley Healthcare Policies and Procedures. Demonstrate active interest in at least one key area of community nursing.

To act in accordance with nurse prescribing guidelines if applicable.

Interviews to be held w/c 1st september 2026

Main duties of the job

Clinical

• To provide high quality and skilled nursing/rehabilitation care and support to patients, carers and their families of a defined caseload.
• Liaise with community teams, GP surgeries, statutory and voluntary agencies in the provision of care to patients and their families/carers in order to facilitate a safe discharge.
• To undertake holistic assessments of the patient, using appropriate documentation according to Bromley Healthcare’s Policies and Procedures. This may include: falls-, continence-, wound care- and outcome measure assessments.
• To participate in multi-disciplinary activities such as case conferences, joint assessments, goal setting, team meetings and discharge planning.
• To plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care.
• Ensure that all electronic and manual data is collected/recorded in an accurate and timely manner.
• To work and maintain community nursing standards as agreed by Bromley Healthcare and participate in education and peer audit. All staff have a responsibility to inform managers and leads when Trust quality standards cannot be met.

To actively participate in team meetings and disseminate

To provide integrated patient care with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

To actively participate in own appraisal and to access clinical supervision process as agreed

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is expected to demonstrate the values of Bromley Healthcare including:

• Compassion
• Health and Wellbeing
• Continuous Learning and Innovation
• Belonging The post holder is expected to work within the requirements of the 6 C’s – Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment. The post holder is expected to comply with all Bromley Healthcare’s relevant policies, procedures and guidelines; including the appropriate code(s) of conduct associated with this post. Safeguarding The post holder is responsible to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk. All staff must be familiar with and adhere to Bromley Healthcare’s child/adult safeguarding procedures and guidelines, in conjunction with the multi-agency policies and procedures of the relevant borough’s Safeguarding Children Partnership and Safeguarding Adults Board. Staff must be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of Bromley Healthcare in line with the requirements of the Children’s Act 1989 and 2004 and the Care Act 2014. Staff are required to attend child/adult safeguarding training relevant to their position and required for their role.

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.