Stroke Outreach Practitioner

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Holdenhurst; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in the UK is seeking a dedicated Specialist Nurse to join their Stroke Practitioner Team based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital. The role involves providing high-quality care, supporting service development, and guiding less experienced colleagues. Candidates must have an active UK NMC or HCP Registration and a passion for stroke care. This fixed-term position requires flexibility with working patterns, including weekends and bank holidays. Join a supportive team committed to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Active registration with the UK NMC or HCP is mandatory.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills are essential.
• Experience in stroke care is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care as part of the Stroke Practitioner Team.
• Support service development with the Team Leader.
• Share expertise to build skills in less experienced colleagues.

Skills

Passion for delivering high quality care

Ability to empower patients

Stroke expertise

Collaboration with healthcare professionals

Education

Active UK NMC or HCP Registration

Job description

Role Summary

We are looking for a specialist nurse to join our Stroke Practitioner and Specialist Nurse Team. We are seeking someone who is passionate about delivering high quality care to patients whilst empowering them to manage their condition.

Extensive transformation work has taken place to develop a fully merged University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Stroke Service, providing high quality stroke specialist care for Poole and Bournemouth patients.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will work within a team based in Bournemouth. Sharing your stroke expertise with colleagues is an essential part of this post, supporting those with less experience to build their specialist skills.

In addition, you will support the development of the service alongside the Team Leader and Stroke Nurse Practitioner colleagues. This work will be in line with national guidelines and clinical best practice, requiring an innovative approach and collaboration with key professionals across the wider team.

The working pattern will include weekend and bank holiday working as part of a shared rota.

Qualifications & Registration

This role requires an active UK NMC or HCP Registration.

Contract Details

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital. Fixed Term contract of 9 months / Secondment Opportunity.

To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Location

The post is based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth.

Equal Opportunities & Diversity

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Additional Information

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we encourage staff to get vaccinated.

Internal candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.