Consultant Nurse or AHP (Stroke-Rehabilitation)

NHS; Camberley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Camberley is seeking a motivated Consultant Nurse or AHP to lead their Stroke Rehabilitation Service. This role requires a professional with a Master's degree, HCPC/NMC registration, and significant clinical experience. The successful candidate will play a vital role in improving patient outcomes and shaping future stroke rehabilitation efforts. Competitive benefits and a dynamic work environment await the right individual.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working patterns

Inclusive work culture

Qualifications

• Must have 5 years of rehabilitation experience.
• Independent prescriber registration is required.
• Evidence of recent postgraduate courses relevant to stroke & neurological rehabilitation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment and rehabilitation of patients with stroke or neurological conditions.
• Provide clinical leadership and professional advice to stakeholders.
• Contribute to service development and delivery of care pathways.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner skills

Clinical leadership

Advanced clinical reasoning

Effective communication

Budget management knowledge

Education

MSc in related area

HCPC/NMC Registration

Job description

Consultant Nurse or AHP (Stroke-Rehabilitation)

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and dynamic Consultant Nurse or AHP to lead our Stroke Rehabilitation Service. This role is ideal for someone passionate about delivering excellent patient care, compassionate leadership, and promoting an inclusive working culture.

As Clinical Lead, you will collaborate with senior clinicians, the interdisciplinary team, operational management, and external partners to improve patient outcomes and experiences. You will provide expert clinical leadership, act on concerns, and ensure effective communication. This role also offers opportunities for professional development and a key position within the stroke service's leadership team.

Applicants must hold a first-level RN or AHP qualification, an independent and supplementary nurse prescribing certificate, and a Master's degree (or be working towards completion). A relevant post-registration qualification, 5 years of rehabilitation experience, and a strong professional portfolio are essential. Excellent communication, organisational skills, and the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively are crucial.

The successful candidate will drive high-quality, evidence-based care, lead audits, support research, and ensure excellent patient outcomes. Flexibility and adaptability to service needs are key.

Join us and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of stroke rehabilitation at Frimley Health.

Main duties of the job

• An expert and autonomous practitioner in the assessment and rehabilitation of patients with stroke or neurological conditions, with significant clinic skills in one rehabilitation profession.
• Work with medical and commissioning colleagues to assist those being cared for outside of the catchment area to be repatriated to the most suitable location.
• Act as a trusted assessor to identify and facilitate transfer of complex rehabilitation patients requiring access to specialist or tertiary rehabilitation centre's.
• Provide clinical leadership and expert professional advice to patients, carers and staff.
• Provide strategic leadership on service development and redesign of innovative local and regional care pathways in collaboration with stakeholders, to optimise patient care and efficiency within the field of stroke and neuro-rehabilitation.
• Undertake clinical audit and research in specialist field, and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence.
• Contribute to the development of specialist training and education programmes. The majority of the post-holder's portfolio will be spent in direct autonomous clinical practice having clinical responsibility for a defined cohort of patients.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and job specification for further details on the main responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC/ NMC Registration
• Recognized degree or equivalent in relevant profession
• MSc in related area or equivalent experience
• Registered with HCPC or NMC as an independent prescriber
• Highly developed specialist knowledge supplemented by recent postgraduate courses relevant to stroke & neurological rehabilitation
• Evidence of relevant non-clinical management training

Experience

• Significant clinical experience working at an advanced practice level in own professional area
• Significant experience of contributing to the development of business plans and service development initiatives
• Experience of leading developing and implementation of policies and procedures, care pathways and protocols
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of budget management, cost improvement and efficiency measures.

Skills and Knowlege

• Ability to demonstrate highly advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Ability to take a lead role in Clinical Governance and its implications for services including experience of quality and safety issues and leading audit
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner at the highest level
• Remain updated with professional practice and new research with evidence of personal contribution to the evidence base
• High level communication skills including excellent presentation, verbal and written skills being able to influence at all levels and produce work of publishable quality.
• Able to lead teams through service review, re-design and deliver change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.