Staff Nurse

Active Care Group; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers in Neuro and Mental Healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

We'd like you to join us as a Staff Nurse at our service Murdostoun in North Lanarkshire.

At Murdostoun Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre, we offer rehabilitation, care and support to people over the age of 16 years with a brain injury or other neurological condition, helping every person we support feel safe, happy, empowered enabling them to live the best life possible.

What you'll be working:

We're flexible, so you'll work a total 37.5 hours per week, on a rota basis.

What you'll be doing:

1. Acting as Primary Nurse, taking overall responsibility for the nursing residents receive, through nursing assessments and care planning.
2. Contributing towards MDT working, risk assessment management and on-going clinical improvement.
3. Providing written nursing reports for a range of statutory and clinical review processes.
4. Supervising junior staff in carrying out their care plans.
5. Liaising effectively with all actively involved in the care process, including carers and relatives, aspiring to provide an effective, seamless and integrated service to patients/residents.
6. Maintaining and updating relevant knowledge and skills; maintaining a professional portfolio and participating in further training as appropriate, in order to enhance quality of care for patients/residents and carers.
7. Complying with the Active Care Group Health and Safety Policies and Protocols in order to contribute to safe working practices.
8. Protecting vulnerable adults/children from internal/external factors and acting as a Patient Advocate.
9. Ensuring a comprehensive assessment is completed for the patients/residents/clients to ensure a comprehensive person-centered assessment is completed for their pathway and care plan.
10. Ensuring that each patient/resident/client has an individual care plan and risk assessment, which takes into account the patient (if appropriate) and their carer's views, with regular reviews.
11. Administering medicine within the guidelines and framework of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
12. Ensuring that infection control measures are in place and adhered to and, where applicable, that audit data is routinely collected.

What you'll have:

• A current NMC Pin registration.
• A legal right to work in the U.K.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to:

• 25 days plus bank holidays.
• Birthday off.
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e-learning and face-to-face training and development opportunities.
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop.
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice.
• A Nest Personal Pension account.
• Paid NMC Renewal.
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians.
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme.
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits.
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 for Nurses, Therapists & Doctors, £500 for all other roles, by recommending someone you know.
• Support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group.