Nursing Associate

Enjoy a rewarding career as a Nursing Associate The Dean Neurological Centre in Gloucester and provide care for people living with neurological conditions, helping them to build a brighter future.

Working 37.5 hours per week as part of a multidisciplinary team, the Nursing Associate role will see you bridge the gap between Healthcare Assistants and Nurses, supporting them and the wider team to deliver high quality, person-centred, compassionate careto Service Users.

With experience from the NHS or private sector, you'll have a natural way with people and be able to communicate effectively as you provide person-centred care and support for people with living with neurological and long-term conditions, including thoseliving with physical disabilities and recovering from traumatic injuries.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be supported and, will have access to a range of training courses and professional development to support your career growth.

Being a Nursing Associate at The Dean Neurological Centre is a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It's what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

What you will be doing
- Assess, plan, implement, evaluate and provide high-quality nursing care
- Be responsible for personal development and support the development and supervision of others by developing and maintaining specialist knowledge
- Work proactively to ensure that every Service User is well cared for
- Respond to emergency situations with composure, maintaining safety and seeking support, supporting the resident, family and other staff as required
- Maintain clear, accurate and concise clinical records
- Maintain resident dignity and confidentiality at all times
- Ensure clinical practice is evidence based or peer reviewed "best practice"
- Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to deliver and evidence-based service.
- To participate in the supervision, caseload monitoring and clinical education of student nurses and less experienced staff with support of senior staff

Where you will be working

The Dean Neurological Centre has 60 beds in Gloucester (GL2 9EE), which is on the outskirts of the town within easy commute from Gloucester, Cheltenham with good transport links. The Centre delivers specialist 24-hour nursing and therapy services for peoplewith complex long-term neurological conditions who require ongoing support and assistance to maximise functional ability.

It specialises in slow stream rehabilitation where the emphasis is placed on maximising each individual's abilities, comfort and quality of life. Bedrooms are fitted with high dependency equipment, including ceiling track hoists, wall mounted suction andoxygen equipment., with all rooms adapted to individual requirements. There are also well-equipped therapy facilities and other facilities such as gardens, gym and minibus.

What you will get

With the Elysium Wellbeing team on-hand to keep you feeling great; be it a chat, massage or group activities, and a huge range of career development opportunities to help you grow and succeed, if you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we cangive you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.
- Annual Salary £23,000 - £25,000 + Benefits
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc. Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off
- Subsidised meals and free parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package
- There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities& Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.