Stroke Nurse Clinician

NHS; Sefton; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sefton seeks a Stroke Nurse Clinician to provide specialized nursing care for acute stroke patients. The ideal candidate will have significant clinical experience and excellent interpersonal skills. You will be responsible for assessing patients in the A+E department and support them throughout their care pathway. This role offers a competitive salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum and consideration for part-time work.

Qualifications

• Substantial clinical experience in an acute stroke setting.
• Understanding of current key issues in stroke nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provide Advanced Specialist Stroke Nursing skills.
• Ensure optimal care for patients with minimal delay.
• Act as a leader and manage workload independently.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Clinical leadership

Organizational skills

Ability to work independently

Ability to manage pressure

Education

RGN Diploma level or working towards

Job description

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Stroke Nurse Clinician

The closing date is 07 December 2025

Do you want the opportunity to work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for this complex group of patients?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the existing Stroke Nurse Clinician Team at the Trust.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with relevant and substantial clinical experience in an acute/early supported discharge team stroke setting.

You should also have excellent interpersonal skills, a professional manner; promoting teamwork and effective communication between all disciplines involved in the care of Stroke patients.

You will provide Advanced Specialist Stroke Nursing skills, in particular assessing acute stroke patients in the A+E Dept, and inpatient areas, supporting hyper acute and acute stroke care and following the patient post discharge through the ESD service. You will assist in the co-ordination of the Stroke pathway and provide support to patient and their families.

Relevant training will be provided as necessary.

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.

Main duties of the job

You must have excellent clinical skills to ensure our patients receive optimal care with minimal delay. You will provide clinical leadership, expert advice to all staff and be able to recognise, at an early stage, any intervention required for acutely ill patients.

Whilst being an integral part of the Stroke Team, based on the Acute Stroke Unit and Accident & Emergency department and Early Supported Discharge team. You must have the ability to work as an autonomous practitioner who is able to effectively manage and prioritise your workload independently and work well under pressure.

The role requires working across a 7-day rota, but consideration will be given to candidates wishing to work part-time and/or job share.

The successful candidate will need to ensure that they are able to meet the travel requirements of community working.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Job responsibilities

Please see job description and person specification for further details

Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received.

Person Specification

Qualification

• RGN Diploma level or working towards same

Knowledge and Experience

• Significant post registration in acute medical setting
• Post Registration experience in speciality or related field
• Experience of clinical risk assessment & management of identified risk
• Understanding of current key issues in stroke nursing
• Understanding key features of Clinical governance
• Awareness of NHS plan & the effects on the Trust
• Knowledge of Audit & Audit procedures

Skills and Abilities

• Be seen to be confident & inspire confidence.
• Up to date clinical skills in order to ensure quality of services being provided by ward.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Able to act as a leader, effectively managing & motivating staff on the ward.
• Ability to act as a change agent.
• Ability to co-ordinate & liaise with MDT members
• Enthusiastic approach to work
• Ability to work independently & as a team member Physical Effort

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.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum (pro rata)