Staff Nurse

Job overview

Doncaster Care Group -Neurological & Rehabilitation Services

Neurological Rehabilitation Staff Nurse

Band 5

37.5 hours per week

Magnolia Ward at Tickhill Road Hospital is a Neurological Rehabilitation in patient facility with 8 beds offering rehabilitation to individuals who have neurological illness and disability. Our patients can experience physical difficulties, cognitive difficulties and social difficulties so the rehabilitation that we provide is truly holistic to their needs.

Our patients benefit from a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation approach with a team which comprises of Medical staff, Nursing staff, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy and Rehabilitation Assistants.

Main duties of the job

We have an opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Staff Nurse to join our team in delivering neurological rehabilitation. The successful applicant will be an autonomous practitioner and work alongside the team whilst taking responsibility for coordinating and managing the shift. They will provide clear direction to the Rehabilitation Assistant staff and maintain a flexible patient focused approach in managing complex situations.

Neurological Rehabilitation is both rewarding and challenging and the post holder will be supported to use clinical assessment skills to develop patient centred care plans. They will be supported to further develop by having access to:

• regular clinical and managerial supervision;
• specialist rehabilitation nursing staff knowledge;
• facilitated reflective practice sessions;
• in house and external training;
• post-graduate neurological rehabilitation training.

The successful applicant should be a Registered Nurse. They should have recent evidence of competence in caring for people with physical disabilities and physical health needs and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team. Experience working within neurology or rehabilitation would be desirable.

For an informal discussion please contact Cheryl Parkinson on 03000 214 090

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications