Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Stroke Services

Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care Nhs Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave plus bank holidays, up 3

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working

Maternity, paternity, adoption support

Staff networks

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Job summary

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic stroke specialist nurse to lead the stroke nursing team. The post involves specialist assessments, needs-based treatment, and flexible working patterns.

You will predominantly manage a caseload with MDT support, promote secondary prevention, and support stroke survivors toward independent, meaningful lives. The role offers development opportunities and a robust induction programme.

Qualifications

• Two years' nursing experience
• Experience of working with stroke patients and rehabilitation nursing
• Staff supervision
• Resource management

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic assessment and evidence-based nursing care to stroke patients to enable them to achieve their best potential.
• 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.
• Maintain accurate documentation in line with guidelines and trust requirements.

Skills

Communication

IT skills

Training needs

Education

RGN

Degree / Diploma and working towards a first level degree

Current NMC Registration

Student mentor

Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development

NHS developments knowledge

Audit and research

Resource management knowledge

Legal aspects of nursing

Patient Choice

Older person needs

Job description

Job summary

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. This is a full time role but part time would be considered. Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.

Main duties of the job

Day to day, you will be undertaking comprehensive assessments of mild, moderate and 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 fulfilling 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.

About us

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.

What we offer

• 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

Key responsibilities

• 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.

Essential qualifications

• RGN
• Degree / Diploma and working towards a first level degree
• Current NMC Registration
• Student mentor
• Evidence of on-going continuing professional development

Essential experience

• Minimum of two years' Nursing experience
• Experience of working with Stroke patients and Rehabilitation Nursing
• Staff supervision
• Resource management

Essential skills and abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Wide variety of evidence based clinical skills
• IT Skills
• Able to identify training needs in self and others

Essential knowledge

• Current NHS developments
• Audit and research
• Resource management
• Legal aspects of nursing
• Patient Choice
• Older person needs

Details

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum pro rata for part time

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Closing date: 05 November 2026

Reference number: 798-8387012

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