Staff Nurse Band 5

Job Description

Job Title – Staff Nurse – Band 5Base – Peak View Ward, Vale Community Hospital Salary – £24,907 to £30,615 per annumHours per week – 37.5 The Specialist Stroke Rehabilitation Inpatient Unit is based at the Vale Community Hospital in Dursley, and offers residents of Gloucestershire a dedicated specialist stroke rehabilitation service in a Community Hospital environment.Adopting national best practice this unit will ensure that people suffering from a stroke within Gloucestershire will benefit from an improved clinical pathway, maximising the health outcomes of those people who are likely to improve with In Patient Specialist Rehabilitation. There will be close collaborative working with colleagues in the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital and colleagues in the Countywide Early Supported Discharge Team.As a band 5 you will be offered a specific Stroke Education Programme as well as other development opportunities, such as completion of the Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning course. For those band 5s aspiring to progress onto band 6 or above there are a range of university based development programmes e.g. End of Life Care, Complexities in Caring for Older People and Stroke Care.We are inviting applications from Registered Nurses who wish to join us in this unique and exciting development and are committed to delivering rehabilitation as part of a multi- professional team.If you share our ambition and passion, are interested in being part of this unique opportunity and would like to find out more please do contact Margaret Badger, Senior Sister on .The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.Closing date: 25th December 2020Shortlisting date: 1st Week of January 2021The Trust aims to recruit and retain the best possible staff who, through the application of their skills, qualification and experience, will make a positive contribution to our business of providing quality health care services. It is the Trust’s view that the costs associated with moving house in order to take up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent people we need, therefore we support staff to relocate with our relocation policy.This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document ‘ Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice’ prior to applying for the role.Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render him/her liable to dismissal.