Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Stroke Services
Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care Nhs Trust
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Job summary
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic stroke specialist nurse to lead our stroke nursing team. This part-time post is 22.5 hours per week and based at Princess of Wales Community Hospital or Queen Elizabeth House, open to current trust employees or long-term NHSP placements.
You will undertake comprehensive stroke assessments, manage a caseload, support families, and contribute to MDT meetings.
Qualifications
- Nurse with current NMC registration and two years' stroke experience.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Ability to supervise rehabilitation assistants.
- Experience liaising with GPs and consultants.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of stroke patients and plan care.
- Educate patients on risk factors and secondary prevention.
- Lead and supervise rehabilitation assistants within a multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to development and evaluation of the nursing service.
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records.
Skills
Education
Job description
Open to current trust employees only or anyone on a long term placement with the Trust via NHSP
Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.
This is a part time post working 22.5 hours.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, stroke specialist nurse to lead our stroke nursing team.
The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent communication and influencing skills, manage and prioritise your own workload and respond flexibly to changing demands are essential requirements of the post.
You will predominantly manage a case load performing specialist assessment and needs-based treatment.
The role will provide you with variety and no two days are the same.
As a trust we offer a robust induction period and continue to promote opportunities for development through 1:1 supervision session, peer working and in-service training
The trust offers regular training opportunities via Learning and Development to promote your clinical and non-clinical skills
The post will either be based at Princess of Wales Community Hospital or Queen Elizabeth House
Day to day, you will be undertaking comprehensive assessments of mild, moderate & severe stroke patients including those with multiple pathologies/co-morbidities. You will be supported clinically by the Clinical Stroke Nurse Lead and established senior Stroke Nurses to be able to assess risk factors for stroke, work with stroke survivors and their families in giving secondary prevention education whilst promoting patient advocacy and empowerment. You will also be actively supporting stroke survivors with any altered mood issues to enable stroke survivors to lead purposeful and full-filling lives.
You will attend the weekly MDT in which the team will discuss the progress of patients and identify goals that are achieved and ongoing. You will also need to liaise with other health care professionals within the Trust/Acute Trust and third party agencies such as The Stroke Association.
We pride ourselves on being truly interdisciplinary, so you will also be involved with supporting patients to undertake their morning routine, support with medications and/or facilitate their meal preparation to promote independence. These sessions are part of a rehabilitation focused approach of which we can evidence great results in patients regaining independence. You will be given the appropriate training and support to do this.
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained interest in working for the Trust.
- Provide holistic assessment and evidence-based nursing care to stroke patients to enable them to achieve their best potential.
- To demonstrate stroke knowledge to educate patients regarding healthier lifestyles, blood pressure management and psychological support.
- Supervising/supporting the Band 3 Rehabilitation Assistants and working within an interdisciplinary team.
- Contribute to the development and evaluation of the nursing service.
- To act as a source of expertise on stroke patients management.
- Liaising with GPs, Stroke Consultants and Third Parties.
- To maintain accurate comprehensive and contemporaneous documentation/patient records in line with legal requirements and Trust guidelines including personally generated clinical observations requiring computer skills.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
- RGN
- Degree / Diploma and working towards a first level degree
- Current NMC Registration
- Student mentor
- Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
- Relevant accredited courses
- LEO or other leadership courses
- Management Certificate
- Health Assessment module
- Nurse prescribing
- Minimum of two years' Nursing experience
- Experience of working with Stroke patients and Rehabilitation Nursing
- Staff supervision
- Resource management
- Ward / unit management
- Previous experience as Community Nurse
- Experience of change management
- Current NHS developments
- Audit and research
- Resource management
- Legal aspects of nursing
- Patient Choice
- Older person needs
- Research / audit
- Community health needs
- Community health services
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Excellent communication skills
- Teaching skills
- Able to identify training needs in self and others
- Participates in Trust staff development reviews
- Innovative and creative approach to care and management
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer name: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address: Princess of Wales Community Hospital, Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, B61 0BB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Stroke Nurse Lead, Sharon Bouston, Sharon.giles5@nhs.net, 01527488188
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