- Location: Weston-super-Mare
- Pay: £20.91 per hour
- Shifts: Nights (7.45pm – 8.15am, 12.5 hours)
- Job type: Full-time (37.5 Hours) or part-time (25 hours or 12.5 hours) (permanent)
Broadway Lodge is one of the leading and most respected abstinence-based addiction treatment centres in the UK. Since 1974, our multidisciplinary team have helped to transform the lives of thousands of people, supporting them in their recovery from addiction to alcohol, illicit drugs, prescription drugs, gambling, sex and gaming. We are immensely proud of the people who make Broadway Lodge what it is today. Without those who work so hard for us we wouldn’t be able to transform the lives of those who need it most.
We are currently seeking to recruit a qualified, enthusiastic and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our dedicated clinical team in Weston-super-Mare. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity where you will be assisting in the delivery of detoxification and rehabilitation and supporting clients in their recovery from addiction as part of our specialist multi-disciplinary team.
Broadway Lodge is one of the few treatment centres in the UK that has specialist nurses on site day and night. This means there will always be someone available to our clients should they experience a medical difficulty or just need someone to talk to. Our clinical team is made up of experienced and qualified psychiatrists, nurse prescribers, specialist nurses and health care assistants. As a member of our team, you’ll deliver the kind of care and support you’d want for your own family and build relationships with some incredible people.
This role is ideal if you are passionate about delivering high quality care or using your clinical skills and expertise in a new way. If you are a Nurse that has worked for the NHS or in the private sector and are looking for a change in a rewarding environment, then our rehabilitation center may be the place for you. Broadway Lodge is rated ‘good’ in all areas by the CQC.
Clinical intervention responsibilities:
- Establish a compassionate environment by providing physical, emotional, and psychological support to clients.
- Administer medication including full detoxification to clients, ensuring the medical team are fully informed of progress whilst adhering to the in-house policy.
- Undertake and record clinical observations made.
- Observe behaviours and physical, emotional, and mental state of clients.
- Identify the priorities of nursing care for individual clients.
- Play a part in promoting health to our clients.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring good communication between disciplines, liaising with internal departments and external services.
- Maintain accurate and legible nursing records as stipulated by the NMC Record and Record Keeping Standard.
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations.
- Carry out tasks as requested by the Registered Manager, Nursing Team Lead or Clinical Lead.
- Act as Fire Officer, adhering to the procedures laid down by Broadway Lodge.
- Maintain a good level of knowledge of the treatment protocols and procedures.
You can read the full job description in the ‘application pack’ section below.
Experience & Skills
We are looking for:
- RGN/RMN qualification
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to put others at ease
- Well organised with the ability to prioritise effectively
- A team player
- Person centered approach
The successful candidate will ensure the promotion of high standards of nursing care and understand the importance of creating a kind, compassionate and caring community for our clients.
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave rising to 30 (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Life Insurance
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Health Care Cash Plan
- Employee Wellbeing Programme
- Supervision
- Training Programmes
- Enhanced bank holiday pay
- Overtime enhancements
- Free Parking
How To Apply
To apply, please email your application form (found in the section below) to humanresources@broadwaylodge.org.uk by midnight on Friday 11th October 2024.
If you are new to the addiction field and would like to understand the work that we do here before applying, please call us and we can arrange a visit to our center for a coffee and a chat with our clinical team.
For further details, please contact Jodie Pickles, Human Resources on 01934 818033.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Application Pack
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Safe recruitment
Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.
The safe recruitment of staff is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a minimum of two satisfactory references. Broadway Lodge undertakes the level of DBS check for which a particular staff member is eligible. Nurse candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure with an adults barred list check.
Broadway Lodge is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
