Registered Nurse - Rehabilitation

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity exists for an experienced or newly qualified nurse who has a passion to deliver the best care for our patients on our wards. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a passion for rehabilitation and excellent outcomes.

Lower Brambles and Fanshawe Ward are situated in the Royal South Hants Hospital. They offer level 3 physical rehabilitation services to patients 18 years upwards to help regain their independence and rehab potential. Admissions are either 'Transfer of care' which are patients transferred from acute inpatient wards, or 'Step Up' via community teams/Acute Medical Unit/ Emergency Department to prevent acute admissions.

The post comes at an exciting time for rehabilitation within Southampton, South-West Hampshire and nationally and in September 2024 the ward will relocate to the Western Community Hospital within our new specialist rehabilitation unit - South of England Rehab Centre. We also currently operate a Level 2b Neurological Rehabilitation unit and a Neuropsychiatric unit which provide a range of specialist rehabilitation.

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation guiding and inspiring all our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

*To be responsible for coordinating and delivering effective quality nursing care following a city-wide locality-based model of practice and ensuring area of work is safe and efficient.

*Undertake assessment of patients' care needs and develop and implement programmes of care/rehabilitation for patients, uphold patients' dignity and respect in all aspects of care.

*Provide day to day supervision of junior members of staff and students on placement.

*Promote a well maintained, clean and safe ward environment.

*Regularly manage care on a day to day basis for all patients on ward in the absence of more senior colleagues.

*To provide high standards of effective health care for people accessing the service.

*To support senior colleagues in the leadership of Solent Rehabilitation Services

*To be actively involved in service development and improving standards of care.

*Effectively manage the clinical area through the implementation of policies and procedures.

*Adopt a flexible approach to hours of duty in order to meet the needs of the service over a twenty-four period, as required

*Due to the inter-connected nature of the service, there is an expectation that all of its staff will be prepared to support any elements of the service as needs dictate, and in line with their professional competencies.

About us

We have been working with other local NHS Trusts to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust to be formed by July 2024.Project Fusion is the name for the programme to create the new combined NHS Foundation Trust. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be bringing the services into a single organisation will result in more consistent care, more equitable access to services irrespective of postcode, and a more sustainable workforce and services. The new organisation will operate locally to ensure services can best meet the needs of different communities.The new Trust will be comprised of all the services currently provided by Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, the community, mental health and learning disability services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and child and adolescent mental health services delivered in parts of Hampshire by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.Colleagues will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) -- known as TUPE on 1st July 2024. TUPE is a legal process to ensure you transfer out of one organisation and into another, maintaining the terms and conditions of your employment.