Job responsibilities
Located in Newmains, Wishaw, we specialise in providing neurorehabilitation, care, and support to people over the age of 16 with a brain injury or other neurological condition. Our mission is to create a safe, nurturing environment where every individual we support feels empowered to live their best life possible.
At our Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre our highly skilled multidisciplinary team, comprising of nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology, neurology, speech and language therapy, and psychiatry, work closely together to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care and support for individuals requiring specialist inpatient rehabilitation, addressing a wide range of needs including spasticity management, PEG feeds and skin integrity problems, cognitive rehabilitation, functional retraining and Sensory Modality Assessment and Rehabilitation (SMART) assessment if needed
In addition, our Neurological Care Centre offers slow-stream rehabilitation, for those needing additional time to practise new skills before transitioning back home or into the community. We also provide a complex disability service to support individuals with challenging conditions that make home care difficult.
Murdostoun Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Neurological Care Centre is part of the wider Active Care Group Neuro Network (consisting of 25+ sites nationally) and we focus on the use of clinical expertise, innovation and technology to meet patient’s expectations of rehabilitation goals.
If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of individuals with neurological conditions, and are dedicated to providing high-quality, patient-centred care, we invite you to join our compassionate team at Murdostoun.
What you'll be working:
This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
What you'll be doing:
- Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights
- Manage and prioritise a complex caseload, ensuring timely completion of related administrative tasks such as record keeping
- Deliver and monitor innovative rehabilitation and care to promote independence
- Provide specialist assessment and evidence-based, high-quality treatment of acquired brain injury, using a wide range of approaches to suit the patients’ varying needs
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues, families, carers, and other members of the MDT
- Work as part of the therapy team, sharing information and supporting colleagues
- Supervise and develop support staff
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 salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
- 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 £1000 by recommending someone you know
- ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group
