Neurovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist

Integrated Care System; Preston; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

An Integrated Care System is seeking a Neurovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their Neurovascular Team. This crucial role involves coordinating care for patients, ensuring effective decision-making, and mentoring staff while contributing to clinical development. Candidates should have NMC registration, advanced communication skills, and experience within neurovascular nursing. This position offers a salary between £38,682 and £46,580 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in Neurovascular nursing.
• Ability to supervise/mentor junior staff.
• Evidence of clinical leadership in Neurosurgery.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the neurovascular pathway for inpatients and outpatients.
• Manage a caseload of acute and elective Neurovascular Patients.
• Contribute to the development of clinical guidelines and staff education.

Skills

Advanced communication skills

Clinical leadership experience

Supervision/mentoring

Education

Current NMC registration

Teaching qualification/experience

Post Registration Qualifications

Job description

Go back Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Neurovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 03 August 2025

The North West Regional Neurosurgical Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated registered nurse to join our well established Neurovascular Team. The role involves coordinating the neurovascular pathway for both inpatient and outpatients within this area of expertise.

You will work alongside other clinical colleagues in, neurosurgery, and neuroradiology to ensure quality of care to the patients is maximised. This is a pivotal role to ensure effective decision making between disciplines to ensure prompt, appropriate management for each patient. You will be responsible for working collaboratively to mange a caseload of both acute and elective Neurovascular Patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting. The role will involve supporting the patient and family through the diagnosis , treatment and follow up. Neurosurgical experience would be beneficial.

This role will include contribution to the development of clinical guidelines, audit & staff education. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is renowned for our teaching, training and support with modern educational facilities and simulation suites.

Main duties of the job

As a Neurovascular Specialist Nurse, you'll be at the heart of managing patients with both elective and emergency presentations across the North West region. Working alongside expert teams in Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, you'll play a key role in delivering exceptional care.

You'll be integral to assessing the holistic care needs of patients, helping to shape and implement care plans, and evaluating their progress throughout their journey. Your expertise will be invaluable as you provide support and guidance to a specialized group of patients and their families--both during their treatment and after discharge.

In this role, you'll also have the opportunity to take an active role in multi-professional meetings, advocating for patients and ensuring their voices, needs, and preferences are heard and respected. This is a chance to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, where your contributions truly matter.

About us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description for further information.

Please contact [e-mail] (Band 7 neurovascular CNS) for any further information.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

• Current NMC registration
• Teaching qualification/ experience
• Post Registration Qualifications relevant to the role

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in and knowledge of Neurovascular nursing
• Ability to supervise/mentor and support for junior and new staff
• Advanced communication skills training/ experience
• Evidence of clinical leadership experience in Neurosurgery
• Leadership / management training experience
• Awareness of safeguarding policies
• Leadership/ Management Experience

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.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer Annum, Pro rata