Band 5 Staff Nurse in Dartford

As a Band 5 Registered Nurse working for HCRG Care Group, you will work collaboratively alongside our multi‑disciplinary teams consisting of around 30 members of staff at Livingstone Community Hospital. This post is based at Livingstone Community Hospital, where you will be responsible for contributing to the holistic assessment, planning delivery and evaluation of patient care. You should be passionate about the rehabilitation of patients in your care and be encouraging them to aid their ability for independent living.

Within our multi‑disciplinary teams within the organisation we have a rapid response team consisting of Nurses and Therapists and a Community team consisting of Nurses and Care Assistants to deliver the best possible patient care. You will also be supported when you first start in your role by managers, colleagues and our TLE department to complete all your training and to show you the ropes of the job! We also offer a preceptorship scheme to support newly qualified staff within the first year of employment and also a return to practice scheme. Your learning and development in the role will also be supported through our dedication to regular team meetings to share best practice and weekly one-to-ones with managers. You will also be provided with the latest equipment to allow you to provide the clinical standards of the highest quality. We also continue to thrive in our environment to excel in the CQC domains.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to holistic assessment, planning delivery and evaluation of patient care.
• Supporting the rapid response team consisting of Nurses and Therapists and the Community team consisting of Nurses and Care Assistants to deliver best possible patient care.
• Receiving support from managers, colleagues and the TLE department during training and orientation.
• Participating in the preceptorship scheme for newly qualified nurses within the first year of employment and the return to practice scheme.
• Attending regular team meetings to share best practice and weekly one-to-one meetings with managers.
• Using the latest equipment to maintain the highest clinical standards.
• Providing strong communication and organisational skills to deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey.
• Care for patients and their families delivering high service standards, sharing best practice and actively improving the way we work.
• Covering all shift patterns including nights and weekends as our services operate 24/7.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with licence to practice, passionate about rehabilitation of patients and encouraging independence.
• Confidence using IT systems and demonstrated working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Commitment to equal opportunities and inclusion of all staff and patients.
• Compliance with safeguarding policies and safe recruitment processes, including criminal record disclosure and vetting checks.

Benefits

• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping, cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. Safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.