Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Stroke Unit

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous stroke training days

Strong team atmosphere & social events

Health and wellbeing coaching

Job summary

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Stroke Nurse to join our expanding acute stroke team on a 30-bed HASU unit. You will help deliver hyperacute stroke care, support the HASU bay, and deputise for the ward leader while striving to meet SSNAP standards.

A welcoming MDT environment offers ongoing stroke-focused teaching and opportunities to progress. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team with emphasis on health and wellbeing and a strong team culture.

Qualifications

• Experienced Stroke Nurse with focus on acute stroke care.
• Ability to assist in thrombolysis and hyperacute management.
• Supportive in coordinating transfers and deputising for ward leadership.

Responsibilities

• Deliver hyperacute stroke care and assist in thrombolysis and transfers.
• Help manage the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) bay.
• Support ward leader in stroke ward coordination and SSNAP data tasks.
• Contribute to achieving SSNAP standards and data accuracy.

Skills

Stroke nursing

Hyperacute stroke care

Team leadership

Job description

Are you a dynamic and focused staff nurse ready to take the next step in your career progression with a particular interest in acute stroke and wish to develop senior clinical/ managerial skills ? If so, we would love for you to come and join our developing multidisciplinary team.

30 bedded unit which will including two HASU units.

We are looking for an experienced Stroke Nurse to join us on this amazing journey of expansion and growth, bringing new opportunities to the stroke unit. The unit boasts the most friendly and welcoming team atmosphere with fantastic opportunities to progress your career.

The current 30 bedded Acute Stroke Unit cares for patients requiring close monitoring and observation, encompassing acute care skills, following thrombolysis and repatriation following specialist intervention such as thrombectomy as well as patients requiring rehabilitation needs.

You would be joining us at such an exciting time in an area that will give you the chance to quickly expand your knowledge in a fast paced but supportive environment.

The Role Will Involve

• To help deliver hyperacute stroke care to patients. To include the assessment of a stroke patient, assistance in the delivery of thrombolysis, water swallow assessments and the coordination of transfers for mechanical thrombectomy.
• To help manage the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) bay, taking a lead in the nursing care of a hyperacute stroke patient.
• To support the ward leader in the co-ordination and management of the stroke ward and deputise in their absence.
• To help meet the standards of hyperacute and acute stroke care in the SSNAP domains. To support the SSNAP data administrator in the timely completion of missing information.

You will be supported by a welcoming and experienced multidisciplinary team.

Working In The Stroke Team You Will

• Have access to continuous stroke specific teaching days & ad hoc specialist training
• An amazing team atmosphere including ongoing social team activities including Christmas & summer & Fundraising activities, a monthly newsletter & Stroke Shout Out board (to celebrate the team)
• A supportive environment with a focus on Health and Wellbeing include H&W coaches on the department.

The Stroke Outreach team are responsible for the assessment of potential acute stroke patients in the Emergency Department. This is to ensure patients receive prompt assessment and investigations, enabling us to meet SSNAP criteria.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jennifer Hogg Job title: Stroke Unit Ward Sister Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01305255164