Locum Band 7 Community Neuro Rehab Nurse

Locum Band 7 Community Neuro Rehab Nurse

• £32 per hour
• Mon-Fri, Shifts 08:00-16:00
• Gravesend, Kent DA11

We are looking for an experienced and innovative Band 7 Nurse, with specialist knowledge within Neurological rehabilitation to join a newly established and dynamic Early Supported Discharge Service

• Ensure that all stroke survivors (who fit the specified criteria) have access to a high quality, stroke specific, multi-disciplinary early supported discharge (ESD) service.
• Provide a seamless transfer of care from acute hospital to either home or Community Stroke inpatient rehabilitation ward as appropriate.
• Enable appropriate stroke survivors to receive rehabilitation in their own home or a community inpatient setting at the same level of intensity as acute inpatient care
• Through partnership working to aid identification of patients appropriate to access service
• Enable stroke survivors to achieve mutually agreed rehabilitation goals to maximise their recovery and independence.
• Ensure stroke survivors, carers and families are involved in the process of rehabilitation.
• Provide highly specialist stroke rehabilitation in a multi-disciplinary team, including rehabilitation support workers.
• Develop strong relationships with relevant agencies (statutory and non-statutory) along the wider stroke pathway to support in-reach models of working and smooth transitions of care
• All candidates must be able to drive and have their own transport.