Job summary
As an Intermediate Care Unit with 28 beds, we bridge the gap between home and acute hospital services. Patients who are too unwell or incapacitated in the short term to stay at home but not requiring acute intervention get admitted to our unit to help them recover and 'return to baseline' function.
In addition patients who have had an 'acute' episode but are not yet ready to return home will come to us for a short period of rehabilitation to ensure they are safe to return to their home environment and their abilities are optimised.
Main duties of the job
We are a team of RNs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Healthcare assistants, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists , Rehabilitation support workers, Speech and Language Therapist and Ward Doctor who aim to maximise our patients' potential to enable them to return home. We have a visiting Stroke Consultant and a Geriatric Consultant both from an acute hospital who see to and review stroke and medical patients respectively once a week. When that is not possible we work closely with our adult social care colleagues to plan best outcomes.
We are looking for an RN who enjoys working as part of a friendly and supportive team. An RN who applies the importance of prioritization and leading the members in their team assertively. It is hard work but very rewarding - planning the patient pathway, enabling them to progress and supporting them through setbacks is what we do best.
Here at SCFT we are proud of the care we offer to all our patients. Our Trust inpatient units' care was rated 'Outstanding' in our most recent CQC inspection.
As this is a 24 hour service, internal rotation will be operating.
If you would like to pay us a visit to see what we do and how we do it please contact our Ward Manager Jenny Unnatharaj Jenny.unnatharaj@nhs.net - 01273 696011 ext 6945.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver multi-professional high quality care, 24 hours a day, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care. To lead a team of nurses supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.
Please see job description and person spec attached for more details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To deliver multi-professional high quality care, 24 hours a day, working with patients towards rehabilitation, self-management and independence throughout the continuum of care. To lead a team of nurses supporting evidence based care, facilitating staff learning and development.
Please see job description and person spec attached for more details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN qualification
- NMC Registration
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Relevant student experience
Desirable
- 1 year post registration experience
- Experience in a hospital setting
Key skills/Abilities
Essential
- Is able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
- Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
- Basic computer skills or willing to achieve within an agreed period
- A range of clinical competencies
Equal Opportunities
Essential
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities
Other Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learning from situations
- Clear examples of co-operative team working
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrate a high level of understanding of self awareness
- Evidence of post registration learning and development
- Work Experience with stroke patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN qualification
- NMC Registration
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Relevant student experience
Desirable
- 1 year post registration experience
- Experience in a hospital setting
Key skills/Abilities
Essential
- Is able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- Knowledge of current local policies informing community health and social care services
- Promote independence and choice in undertaking patient care
- Basic computer skills or willing to achieve within an agreed period
- A range of clinical competencies
Equal Opportunities
Essential
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities
Other Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learning from situations
- Clear examples of co-operative team working
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrate a high level of understanding of self awareness
- Evidence of post registration learning and development
- Work Experience with stroke patients
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
