Acute Stroke Ward Lead Nurse (Band 6) - Growth

Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Adult Ward Nurse to join our Acute Stroke Ward and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit team. You will contribute to high-quality stroke care within a multidisciplinary setting and support leadership development as part of the ward team.

The role focuses on delivering specialist discharge planning and patient-centered care, collaborating with Social Services and PCT teams, and enhancing patient safety and outcomes on West

Responsibilities

• Communicate with patients, relatives, carers and MDT members to ensure discharge takes place in a timely fashion.
• Act as a resource to ward staff, offering advice on discharge planning and prioritising complex cases.
• Develop and maintain relationships with other agencies involved in discharge to involve them early for complex needs.
• Attend case conferences as appropriate, providing advice/input as required.
• Attend daily progress meetings with Social Service and PCT discharge team representatives.
• Maintain accurate records relating to individual patient discharge.
• Ensure information is available to patients, relatives and carers to understand the discharge planning process.
• Contribute to effective communication and liaison within the Discharge Planning Team to support service development.
• Act as an advocate for patients to ensure discharges are safe and effective.
• Respect confidentiality regarding all information related to patients, staff and the public; uphold the Data Protection Act.

Job description

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Adult Ward Nurse to join our Acute Stroke Ward and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit team. You will contribute to high-quality stroke care within a multidisciplinary setting and support leadership development as part of the ward team.

The role focuses on delivering specialist discharge planning and patient-centered care, collaborating with Social Services and PCT teams, and enhancing patient safety and outcomes on West