Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Stroke

NHS; Worcester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a dedicated leader to join a passionate stroke team at a renowned hospital. This role involves managing a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, ensuring the highest standards of care for stroke patients. You will lead service development, support staff education, and drive improvements in patient outcomes. Join a committed organization focused on putting patients first, where your expertise will contribute to innovative healthcare solutions. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference in stroke care, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in Stroke care and team management.
• Post-registration studies in stroke care are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 8 Stroke CNS's and maintain a 24/7 roster.
• Provide leadership and support in stroke care and treatment.

Skills

Stroke care

Team management

Clinical assessment

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Leadership

Education

Registered Nurse First level registration Diploma

Post-registration Stroke related study

First Degree in clinically relevant subject

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 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 occasional night working.

This post will have responsibilities for managing the team of 8 Stroke CNS's.

For an informal discussion please contact Matron Gincy John on bleep 807 or email [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

Role Dimensions:

1. Staff Management: Senior Line manager for Band 6 Stroke CNS team.
2. Maintain a workable 24/7 roster.
3. Manage any performance or sickness in line with trust policy.
4. Provide leadership and direction to the CNS team.
5. Single site base: Worcester Royal Hospital
6. Trust wide lead role: Ongoing service development and education of staff working within stroke medicine.
7. Drive improvements in SSNAP audit.
8. Undertakes roles formally/normally undertaken by medical staff under support of medical consultant - Working autonomously orders tests and investigations.
9. Communicates diagnosis and results of investigations and treatment plan to patient and relatives.
10. Works in support/alongside medical staff as well as autonomously.
11. Nurse prescriber: Not essential.
12. Lead on embedding new technology into work place i.e. video triage.
13. Teaches informally i.e. one to one/ward based teaching.
14. Frequently has student nurses and therapists and sometimes graduate pharmacists.
15. One to one teaching with medical staff, nurses and therapists on a daily basis.
16. Has on call commitments: No.

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.

Date posted: 16 April 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9365-25-0351

Job locations: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Job description

Job 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.

Internal Contacts

• 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 pharmacists.
• Patients, carers and relatives.
• Support staff.
• Clinical Nurse Specialists.
• Social Care.

External Contacts

• 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.

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.

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

Employer name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Employer's website: https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/