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Location: Ipswich
Position: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £27,805 - £31,500 per annum (pro-rata) plus 30% enhancements for nights and weekends
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and committed Registered Nurse to join a specialist care team in Ipswich. This role focuses on providing care for individuals with acquired brain injuries and a range of neurological conditions, including Huntingtons disease, Parkinsons, and multiple sclerosis.
About the Role:
The Registered Nurse will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of high-quality personalised nursing care for service users. They will lead the care team in ensuring that service users and their families receive the best possible care and support.
Key Responsibilities:
- Clinical Care: Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised clinical care using evidence-based guidelines, while providing specialist advice to service users.
- Leadership: Provide support, leadership, recognition, and supervision to other team members, including demonstrating activities to new or less experienced colleagues.
- Care Planning: Ensure that service users and their families/carers are fully involved in the care planning and review process.
- Training & Supervision: Offer education, training, and guidance to carers, colleagues, and students.
- Continuous Improvement: Use evidence-based practice to maintain and improve service users care, contributing to service development and policy improvements.
- Record Keeping: Ensure that all records are maintained according to corporate policies, procedures, and NMC guidelines.
- Team Management: Ensure the care team provides care in line with evidence-based care plans, managing admissions, discharges, and liaising with medical and nursing colleagues.
- Safe Practice: Facilitate a safe working environment, uphold confidentiality, and occasionally take on reasonable additional tasks as needed.
- Essential:
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of current legislation in the independent care sector
- IT competency
- Desirable:
- Experience in neurological or palliative care
- Completion of NMC Standards for Student Supervision and/or Assessment, or willingness to complete this training
- Be part of a dedicated, supportive team
- Gain professional development opportunities in a specialist care setting
- Make a meaningful impact on the lives of service users with complex neurological conditions
For more information or to apply for this role, please contact LKA Recruitment on 01206 616695 (Option 3) or send a CV to .
Sponsorship opportunities are not available for this position. Applicants must hold a valid right to work in the UK.
