Registered Nurse

An outstanding job opportunity has arisen for a committed Registered Nurse in Hitchin, Hertfordshire Full time position, pay rate £15.65 - £17.73 per hour. Specialism Acquired brain injury and a range of other neurological conditions such as Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis. Purpose Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of high standards of personalised nursing care for service users. Leads the care team in providing the best possible quality care and support to service users and their carers/family. Qualifications required • NMC Registered Nurse • Completion of NMC Standards for Student Supervision and/or Assessment or willingness to complete training • Evidence of continued professional development Experience, Skills and Ability • Effective verbal and written communication • Knowledge of current legislation within the independent care sector • Experience in neurological or palliative care is desirable • Able to work both within a team and independently • Able to implement and monitor clinical standards • Able to actively support and participate in change • Able to resolve problems and identify and implement solutions • Good interpersonal skills • Demonstrable skills in leadership and supervision • Competent IT Skills Key Responsibilities • Responsible for providing support, leadership, recognition, and supervision to other team members as appropriate • Demonstrating own activities to new or less experienced colleagues and carrying out day-to-day supervision of work of others • Supporting education, training, demonstration and guidance to carers, colleagues, and students as appropriate • Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualised clinical care of service users using evidence-based guidelines and giving specialist advice to service users • Using evidence-based practice to develop and maintain high-quality service users’ care and to ensure the continuous improvement of the client nursing service. Following policies and contributing ideas on proposals for change • Ensuring the care team provide all care in line with the evidence-based care plan. Organising the admission and discharge of service users and maintaining all records in line with corporate policies and procedures and NMC guidelines • Ensuring that all service users (or when they are not able family/carers) are given the opportunity to participate fully in the care planning and review process • To be responsible for the management of service users’ care during the shift and to ensure continuity of care by communicating and liaising with medical, nursing, and other colleagues, providing accurate and timely reports of any changes in the condition of the service users • To maintain an understanding of and to act in accordance with the client policies and procedures • Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks For more information, please call LKA Recruitment on (phone number removed) option 3 or email your CV to (url removed)