Senior Registered Nurse

Job overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

Our inpatient care and management is overseen by a Matron along with a team of Registered Nurses, Healthcare assistants, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists Rehabilitation assistants, Care management staff, a Pharmacist and our visiting medical officers.

Community hospitals provide a range of comprehensive healthcare services for patients over the age of 18 and in some sites also outpatient services. The units predominantly provide rehabilitation and end of life support for palliative patients and their families.

Patients are referred to the ward either from the acute setting to allow a further period of rehabilitation and assessment or directly from home via their GP or local community nursing teams.

Main duties of the job

Your daily activities will be varied to include:

• Manage, with support of the Matron, a team of Registered Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Therapy Assistants
• Participate and provide in-house teaching sessions for colleagues and students as appropriate to their experience
• Be aware of cost implications of equipment, supplies and bank or agency staff usage in line with establishment and set budget
• Provide a comprehensive assessment of patient’s rehabilitation needs and development of rehabilitation programmes
• Supporting in the supervision and development of all junior staff including Healthcare Assistants and students
• On-going evaluation of patient’s rehabilitation and nursing needs

Additional Working Pattern:

Week 1: 2 x Long Day

Week 2: 3 x Long Day

Week 3: 2 x Long Day

Week 4: 3 x Long Day

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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