About this role
Job summary Were looking for enthusiastic and passionate Band 5 Nurses to join our friendly and welcoming Ward team based on our Sapphire Ward at Gravesham Community Hospital, North Kent to help us to continue to change things for the better. As a Ward Nurse, you will work collaboratively alongside our multi-disciplinary teams. We have 21 beds for patients 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 who have suffered from a stroke/neurological condition in your care and be encouraging them, to aid their ability for independent living. You will use your strong communication and organisation skills, along with a flexible approach, to ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey. Youll care for patients and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that's you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.
Main duties of the job This role is for enthusiastic and passionate Band 5 Nurses at Sapphire Ward, Gravesham Community Hospital, North Kent. Ward Nurses will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, overseeing 21 beds, contributing to holistic assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of patient care. They should focus on the rehabilitation of stroke or neurological patients, encouraging independent living. Strong communication and organisation skills are essential, along with a flexible approach to deliver positive patient experiences. Nurses will provide care at high service standards, promoting best practices, actively improving services, and ensuring everyone feels valued in the organisation.
About us HCRG Care Group is committed to changing health and care for the better. At Gravesham Community Hospital, they aim to deliver high service standards, ensuring everyone feels valued. They operate with an open, just culture, encouraging innovative ideas backed by at least £100,000 in innovation funding annually. Employees gain access to various rewards, including My Reward Hub membership for daily discounts, instant wage access, mental and physical wellbeing support, and career development opportunities through The Learning Enterprise. Their services generally receive 'good' or 'outstanding' ratings from the Care Quality Commission, reassuring their dedication to top clinical and quality standards.
Job description Job responsibilities
Were looking for enthusiastic and passionate Band 5Nurses tojoin our friendly and welcoming Wardteam based on our Sapphire Ward at Gravesham Community Hospital, North Kentto help us to continue to change things for the better.
As a Ward Nurse, you will work collaboratively alongside our multi-disciplinary teams. We have 21beds for patients 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 who have suffered from a stroke/neurological condition in your care and be encouraging them, to aid their ability for independent living.
You will use your strongcommunication and organisation skills, along with a flexible approach, to ensureyou deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of theirhealthcare journey.
Youll care forpatientsand their families in the way thatyou believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing bestpractice, and actively improving the way we work to help us continue to change things for the better. We feel passionate that everyone should feel valued when they come into contact with our organisation, whether that's you, someone we care for or the wider community we operate in.
We currently havefull-time position (37.5 hours per week).
Main Responsibilities: Within this role, you will:
Maintain a high standard of patient focused care. Maintain a safe and clean working environment. Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring accurate written records are kept. Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information. Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the patient. Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.Ideal Candidate: You will be a registered Nurse with license to practice andshould be passionate about the rehabilitation of patients in your care and be encouraging them to aid their ability for independent living. Our services operate 24/7, so a willingness to cover all shift patterns including nights and weekends is essential.
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
Package Description: You will feel valued as a Band 5 Ward Nurse with HCRG Care Group based on Sapphire Ward for our Neuro Stroke Team, at Gravesham Community Hospital, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
AFC Band 5 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions 5% Area High Cost Allowance Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes 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 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 youre 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 The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse with a license to practice. Must be confident in using IT systems and demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name HCRG Care Group
Address HCRG Care Group
Gravesend
DA11 0DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)