Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Stroke

NHS; Worcester; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for an enthusiastic Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) for Stroke at Worcester Royal Hospital. This full-time permanent position involves managing a team of 10 stroke CNSs, providing specialist care for stroke patients, and ensuring high-quality treatment and support. The candidate must demonstrate strong leadership abilities and have relevant experience in stroke care. The role offers competitive pay and the opportunity to work in a critical healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Recent experience in Stroke care.
• Working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience and training of staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload and provide specialist stroke care.
• Lead the team of Stroke CNS's.
• Ensure timely transfer of care with Community Stroke Team.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Patient care

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse First level registration Diploma

Post-registration Stroke related study

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7, full time Lead CNS for Stroke to join the service here at Worcester Royal Hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated leader to join our stroke team to support the provision of specialist treatment and care for patients immediately following a stroke.

Please note this post requires 7 day working including night working.

This post will have responsibilities for managing the team of 10 Stroke CNS's.

For an informal discussion please contact Matron Gincy John [e-mail] or Stuart Guy [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

Role Dimensions

• Staff Management /Senior Line manager for Band 6 Stroke CNS team.
• Maintain and ensure a workable 24/7 roster.
• Manage any performance or sickness in line with trust policy.
• Provide leadership and direction to the CNS team.
• Ongoing service development and education of staff working within stroke medicine.
• Drive improvements in SSNAP audit.
• Provide support with stroke governance.
• Undertakes roles formally/normally undertaken by medical staff.
• Working autonomously to order tests and investigations.
• Communicates diagnosis and results of investigations and treatment plan to patient and relatives.
• Works in support/alongside medical staff.
• Lead on embedding new technology into workplace ie video triage.
• One to one teaching with medical staff, nurses and therapists on a daily basis.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Details

Date posted: 30 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

C9365-25-1121

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Job description and responsibilities

To provide a service working within the Clinical Nurse Specialist nursing team within the speciality of stroke. Manages a caseload. Acting as a link with the Worcestershire Health Community, in particular the Community Stroke Team, to ensure timely and appropriate transfer of care in a managed way.

Stakeholder groups

• Internal
• Hospital Consultants and their medical teams.
• All nursing staff throughout the trust, particularly the Stroke Unit
• Occupational Therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists
• Other members of the multi-professional team such as pharmacist
• Patients, carers and relatives
• Support staff
• Clinical Nurse Specialists
• Social Care
• External
• Community Stroke Team
• Nurses working in the community and for other organisations
• General Practitioners and members of their multi-professional teams
• Professionals and carers working in the community including residential settings
• Patients, carers and relatives attending the outpatient setting and for ongoing support following discharge from hospital
• Voluntary agencies

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse First level registration Diploma Evidence of Post-registration Stroke related study

Qualifications Desirable

• First Degree in clinically relevant subject / be willing to work towards a Degree Teaching qualification / be willing to work towards Health Assessment qualification Nurse prescriber

Experience Essential

• Recent and relevant experience in Stroke care
• Working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience and training of staff

Experience Desirable

• Involvement in clinical audit/research
• Evidence of advanced clinical assessment/decision making and care delivery skills

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)