Bank Staff Nurse

Are you a UK-based Registered Nurse (RGN) looking for a new bank opportunity to work in a supportive and kind environment with the flexibility to choose the shifts you want to work? If so, join our team at Gardens & Jacobs Neurological Centre in Sawbridgeworth.

As an experienced Registered Nurse from the NHS or private sector, you'll join the team at Gardens & Jacobs as Bank Registered Nurse working with a 12.07% hourly pay uplift and the ability to book our shifts through the Temployer App, while changing livesfor the better.

Your career at Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Being a Bank Registered Nurse at Garden & Jacobs 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**

As a Registered Nurse you will join a supportive multi-disciplinary team that works well together in caring for people of all ages who are living with neurological and long-term conditions, including those living with physical disabilities and recoveringfrom traumatic injuries, and providing a high level of personal and rehabilitative care.

You will pick up shifts to work as part of a wider team alongside therapy colleagues to deliver the individual care each person needs while maintaining accurate records.It can be very physical working with people with limited mobility, providing personal care and although challenging, it is highly rewarding. You’ll be supported by a team of colleagues ready to lend a hand and work together to a common goal. No two daysare the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine.

The service is a 24/7 environment, with full time hours either 8am-8pm for days or 8pm-8am for nights.Part-time hours are a combination of early shifts (8am-2pm) and late shifts (2pm-8pm). Both positions are across the full week so there are no set daysin which you will work, with weekends included on a rota.

You’ll join our teams that support people who have complex rehabilitation needs such as tracheostomies / ventilated / peg feeds and who have extensive and long-term rehabilitation goals. In some cases, people’s mobility and speech can be affected and wework closely with a range of other services including wheelchair, speech and alternative communication aid providers.

**Things that you will have**:

- A relevant nursing qualification
- NMC registration
- Strong team-working skills
- A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
- A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
- A commitment to high-quality care and to values and evidence-based practice

**Where you will be working**

Gardens Neurological Centre and Jacobs Neurological Centre have a combined total of 132 beds on the same site in Sawbridgeworth (CM21 0HH), which is on the Hertfordshire and Essex border within easy travelling distance of London and Cambridge.

The two Centres deliver specialist 24-hour nursing and therapy services for people with complex long-term neurological conditions, and brain or spinal injuries who require ongoing support and assistance to maximise functional ability.

Recovery is assisted wherever possible, with emphasis placed on maximising each individual's abilities, comfort and quality of life.

Each service has communal lounges, dining rooms, and all bedrooms have en-suite facilities with over 95% on single occupancy. All rooms are adapted to each resident's requirements according to their assessments and needs.

**What you will get**
- Hourly rate of XXX (inc. 12.07% annual leave uplift)
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Mandatory training
- Paid induction
- Transfer to perm in the future (optional)

**About your next employer**

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities& Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.
- 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._