Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated nurse with excellent communication skills to join our team as a Senior Staff Nurse on our Sub-Acute Stroke Unit.

Our unit consists of 30 beds at South Bristol Community Hospital, which provides a purpose built rehabilitation environment where individuals who are 'medically optimised' can receive rehabilitation assessment, along with focused therapy and support from our multidisciplinary team, to support independence.

Working closely with the Unit Manager and alongside our supportive Band 6 team, you'll play a key role in the smooth running of the unit, while developing your leadership skills and building your expertise in the rewarding and evolving field of Stroke Nursing.

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow as a clinical leader, make a real difference to patients and their families, and take your nursing career to the next level.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the initial holistic assessment , implementation and evaluationof programmes of care for service users who are acutely and chronicallyunwell; often with complex needs arising from the stroke and frail elderlycohort
• Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, person-centred intervention programmes incorporating physical, psychological, social,leisure and employment needs, using an evidence based practice approach,promoting high quality and harm free care
• Collaborate and negotiate with patients, carers and family in identifying appropriateand achievable goals as part of the overall care plan, which will maximise qualityof life and independence.
• Facilitate appropriate referrals to other services or investigations based on yourassessment to ensure holistic patient care
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team, to provide integrated skills and sharingknowledge providing holistic and specialist skills supported by a robustcompetency framework
• Carry out nursing intervention drawing on a wide range of specialist knowledgegained from practical experience and specific training

About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role before applying.

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.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration

Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Able to effectively lead a team (with senior support where required)
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions.
• Experience of supervising staff and students of own profession, including mentorship.
• Able to function effectively as a team member

Desirable

• Recent relevant experience within the community setting including management of the frail complex patient
• Experience of supervising staff and students from other professions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.