Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist multi-disciplinary Neuro Rehabilitation Team in the community. If you have experience working as a registered nurse in neurological rehabilitation, hold a full UK driving licence, and have excellent communication and observation skills, then we have the perfect job for you.
We are looking for a flexible Band 6 Registered Nurse to work alongside our allied health professional colleagues, including Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language therapists and Physiotherapists. You need to be a highly motivated, enthusiastic and autonomous practitioner with flexible problem solving skills, a holistic approach to care. The team provides a service in clients' own homes, care homes and the local community and provides a great opportunity for joint working, goal setting and regular in-service training.
The post holder will work as a part of the MDT, with the main focus in supporting the Nurse Specialists to manage caseloads of people with PD or MS at the point of diagnosis and during periods when they require complex care, ensuring continuity of a high standard of evidence-based nursing care, which reflects best practice guidelines. This will include a comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivery according to changing health care needs, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice.
Main duties of the job
JOB SUMMARY
- To work as a practitioner within the specialities of Parkinson's Disease (PD) & Multiple Sclerosis (MS), working in close collaboration with the Nurse Specialists to provide exceptional care to our patients in the community.
- To review patients in their own homes, including care homes and occasional clinics, to assess, manage, review, and monitor their condition.
- To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical knowledge and support, including accessing social care, respite, entitlement to benefits and access to local third sector organisations.
- To establish clear lines of communication within the Bexley Community Neurorehabilitation team to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of patients.
- To work collaboratively and co-operatively with Nurse Specialists for both services to develop services and improve quality of care delivered to people with PD & MS at all stages of the disease trajectory.
- To work across a range of health care providers and other agencies to co-ordinate care for patients, making links between primary, intermediate, community and secondary care providers, social care, and the voluntary sector, thus developing a network across the area.
- To be a resource for health advice, including holistic wellbeing, medication management and optimising treatment.
- To link with other healthcare teams to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of people with PD & MS in all healthcare settings.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To perform clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis and/or treatment i.e. blood pressure monitoring, urinalysis.
- To provide sensitive and emotional support to patients during distressing times of diagnosis, and during periods of acute exacerbation and deterioration of their condition through to end-of-life care.
- To develop and facilitate support networks for patients who are newly diagnosed. i.e. local community run groups
- To provide telephone support to patients, being able to manage conversations of an emotional nature or conflict.
- To participate actively in clinical supervision
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, working within and accepting responsibility for maintaining own agreed expert level of clinical competence.
- To be a role model for all staff through provision of high standards of professional practice.
- To work in collaboration with the local community, social services, and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for patients, their carers and health professionals
- To raise awareness about all aspects of PD & MS, including treatment and symptom management among health care professionals and act as an expert resource for them.
- To provide expert advice and programmes of information for patients and their carers about PD / MS, its treatments and symptom management.
- To maintain own professional development, identifying own education and development needs in conjunction with line manager.
- To attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring the post holder is fully conversant with current issues within PD & MS services
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To perform clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis and/or treatment i.e. blood pressure monitoring, urinalysis.
- To provide sensitive and emotional support to patients during distressing times of diagnosis, and during periods of acute exacerbation and deterioration of their condition through to end-of-life care.
- To develop and facilitate support networks for patients who are newly diagnosed. i.e. local community run groups
- To provide telephone support to patients, being able to manage conversations of an emotional nature or conflict.
- To participate actively in clinical supervision
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, working within and accepting responsibility for maintaining own agreed expert level of clinical competence.
- To be a role model for all staff through provision of high standards of professional practice.
- To work in collaboration with the local community, social services, and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for patients, their carers and health professionals
- To raise awareness about all aspects of PD & MS, including treatment and symptom management among health care professionals and act as an expert resource for them.
- To provide expert advice and programmes of information for patients and their carers about PD / MS, its treatments and symptom management.
- To maintain own professional development, identifying own education and development needs in conjunction with line manager.
- To attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring the post holder is fully conversant with current issues within PD & MS services
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Nursing
- NMC PIN
- Relevant specialist courses / training / experience
Desirable
- Leadership training
- Neurological experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of treating patients in a health or social care setting
- Knowledge of specific patient conditions acquired through training and experience
- Experience of MDT working
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team
- Experience of undertaking risk assessment and risk management
Desirable
- PD / MS patient experience
- Developing and delivering training
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge and experience of a range of manual handling techniques and treatment approaches
- To perform clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis and/or treatment
- Understanding of clinical governance, national policy, evidence-based practice etc
Desirable
- Reflective abilities
- To be able to cope with occasional, potential stressful, upsetting, or emotional situations
Other
Essential
- Drivers licence
- Car owner/ access to vehicle for work
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Nursing
- NMC PIN
- Relevant specialist courses / training / experience
Desirable
- Leadership training
- Neurological experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of treating patients in a health or social care setting
- Knowledge of specific patient conditions acquired through training and experience
- Experience of MDT working
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of a team
- Experience of undertaking risk assessment and risk management
Desirable
- PD / MS patient experience
- Developing and delivering training
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge and experience of a range of manual handling techniques and treatment approaches
- To perform clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis and/or treatment
- Understanding of clinical governance, national policy, evidence-based practice etc
Desirable
- Reflective abilities
- To be able to cope with occasional, potential stressful, upsetting, or emotional situations
Other
Essential
- Drivers licence
- Car owner/ access to vehicle for work
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).
