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Job summary

Main area
Neuro rehabilitation
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (days and nights)
Job ref
337-NP-7712MM-A
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwick Park Hospital
Town
Harrow
Salary
£32,720 - £39,769 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/07/2024 23:59

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Staff Nurse

Band 5

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

Staff Nurse - General Medicine Neurology Stroke  Neuro-rehabilitation

Are you a compassionate person?

Are you looking to work somewhere you can actually make a difference?

Do you have the desire to progress in your nursing career?

Do you want to learn new skills whilst working with a team that values your contributions and are willing to invest in your professional development?

If you have answered YES to all the above, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

Northwick Park Hospital is proud to house 1 of the only 3 regional Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Units (RHRU) in the UK, which is specialised, commissioned by NHS England and situated within the NHS London region.

If you enjoy acute care combined with specialist rehabilitation nursing or would like a change in speciality, have excellent communication skills and are committed to delivering high standards of care, this could be an ideal opportunity for you.

We have a combined highly skilled interdisciplinary team specialising in Neuro-Rehabilitation and Hyper-Acute Neuro care who aid in providing cutting-edge clinical research.  Who also provide holistic, patient centred, goal oriented rehabilitation programs to patients with a variety of neurological conditions, that you will work with.The Regional Hyper-acute Rehabilitation Unit is a 24 bed inpatient unit and we are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Registered Nurse who is keen to develop in a Neurological, acute medicine, gastro and palliative care team

Post includes nights and days

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video we are London North West University Healthcare

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RN
Desirable criteria
  • ENB 998 or equivalent.
  • NVQ Assessors course

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Adaptable to change.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to problem solve
  • Ability to work within and across teams
  • Good customer care skills
  • Basic computer skills using ‘Windows’.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working with other disciplines.
  • Experience working with patients with neurodisability.
  • Experience working with an integrated multidisciplinary team
  • Previous staff nurse experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Capital Nurse, LondonApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chris Dungca
Job title
Clinical General Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07387230446
Additional information

Mylene Sacatani

Clinical Nurse Manager

[email protected]

020 8869 2810

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