Specialist Stroke Nurse - ESD Stroke

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Nurse in the Suffolk Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team. The role is full-time and permanent, operating within an interdisciplinary team across patients' homes and community settings.

You will assess and deliver specialist stroke care to maximise independence and rehabilitation potential. You will work with colleagues across the Suffolk Stroke Pathway to ensure smooth transitions from acute hospital care to community

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration (adult)
• Degree in Nursing
• Post graduate education to degree level or equivalent relevant to clinical area
• Evidence of post registration education
• Clinical Fieldwork Educator's Course
• Evidence of attendance at neuro or stroke courses

Responsibilities

• Work across patients' homes and community settings to support stroke survivors' rehabilitation and independence.
• Collaborate across the Suffolk Stroke Pathway to ensure seamless transitions from hospital to community care.
• Provide supervision and support to junior staff and students.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and data collection.

Skills

Organisation & prioritisation

Stroke/neuro knowledge

Independent & team work

Communication skills

Education

NMC registration (adult)

Degree in Nursing

Post graduate education to degree level or equivalent

Evidence of post registration education

Clinical Fieldwork Educator’s Course

Evidence of attendance at neuro or stroke courses

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Nurse to join our Suffolk Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team.

The StrokeEarly Supported Discharge service provides specialist individualised stroke rehabilitation, in order to support stroke patients and their carers' in the first 6 weeks of discharge from hospital to home.

We are looking for a Band 6 Nurse for a full-time, permanent position. We work as an interdisciplinary team, which operates 7 days a week. The interdisciplinary team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Stroke Specialist Nurse, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Rehabilitation Assistants.

Main duties of the job

Working across patients' homes and community settings, you will support stroke survivors to achieve maximum independence and rehabilitation potential through comprehensive assessment and specialist stroke care.

You will work collaboratively across the Suffolk Stroke Pathway to ensure seamless transitions from acute hospital care into community services, manage patients with complex needs, provide supervision and support to junior staff and students, and contribute to service development, quality improvement and data collection across the service.

This post would allow you to develop your knowledge and skills in the area of specialist stroke rehabilitation with support from both the Team Leader and the wider inter-disciplinary teams. There will be opportunities for professional development and supervision. The successful candidate will have access to both the Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich offices and will be expected to travel across the whole of the county of Suffolk.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Job responsibilities

Please see full job description and person specification attached for the full job details for this job role.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Current NMC registration (adult)
• Degree in Nursing
• Post graduate education to degree level or equivalent relevant to clinical area
• Evidence of post registration education.
• Clinical fieldwork Educator's Course.
• Evidence of attendance at neuro or stroke courses.

Experience & Knowledge

• Evidence of post registration experience at band 5
• Experience of working in stroke/neuro rehabilitation or community setting
• Previous experience of working in and with multi-disciplinary teams in the NHS.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to organise a workload and to delegate and prioritise
• Knowledge and ability to complete stroke/neuro specific outcome measures and interventions.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Clear understanding of health, social care and third sector services
• Knowledge and application of current stroke specific guidelines and relevant standards as well as recent research.
• Knowledge in the management of stroke

Personal Qualities

• Good communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• To be able to communicate complex and or sensitive information
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience of supervising rehabilitation assistants

Other

• Able to work flexibility including contributing to a weekend therapist rota.
• Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving li-cence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.

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.

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearpro rata, per annum