Stroke Specialist Nurse

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust; Truro; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cornwall is seeking a compassionate Stroke Specialist Nurse to join their dedicated team. In this part-time role, you will provide high-quality care for stroke patients, manage clinical responsibilities, and support junior staff. Extensive training will be provided. The salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 annually, and a flexible working pattern is available.

Qualifications

• Experience in stroke care is desired but not required.
• Ability to support junior staff and manage patient flow.
• Willingness to undertake training in stroke assessment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the unit clinically in the absence of senior staff.
• Manage and assess acute stroke patients.
• Communicate effectively within the multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

Teamwork

Cannulation

Venepuncture

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Stroke Specialist Nurse

Closing date: 30 November 2025

Job Summary

Are you an experienced and compassionate healthcare professional with a passion for stroke care? To work as a senior skilled member of the nursing team, to provide a high standard of holistic patient centred care for stroke patients. Ability to promote patient centred care and establish good relationships with patients and families/carers. To work in ED and on the stroke unit.

The successful candidate should have a passion for looking after stroke patients, in ED and on the stroke unit. Having no or little stroke experience should never stop anybody wanting to apply. We are a motivated and enthusiastic team and welcome new colleagues to join us. To succeed in this role you will demonstrate the ability to work alone as well as part of a team and possess sound clinical assessment and communication skills.

Main duties of the job

• To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.
• To be able to take charge of the unit clinically, in the absence of senior nursing staff and to support junior members of staff to develop their clinical skills and knowledge.
• To be able to manage the patient flow within the department with consideration to target delivery and ensuring stroke patients get to the stroke unit within the allocated time.
• As a Senior Staff Nurse / Stroke Specialist Nurse you will also be responsible for the initial assessment of the acute stroke patient in ED, initiation of the thrombolysis/thrombectomy pathway, facilitating patient flow within stroke, progression of admission and transfer of care into the community. If a stroke is suspected; the stroke nurse/deputy sister will transfer the patient to the acute stroke unit at the earliest possible opportunity.
• Senior Staff Nurse / Stroke Specialist Nurse will gain extensive knowledge of stroke symptoms, along with neurological conditions that may present as a stroke mimic will be taught with a comprehensive training package. Cannulation and venepuncture are essential in this role. The applicant must have or must be willing to undertake this extended training that will be provided on the ward via SIM training, stroke specific university modules, conferences and teaching.

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non‑clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Details

Date posted: 12 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pa pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part‑time, Flexible working

Reference number: 156-7512341

Job locations

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro
TR1 3LJ

Employer details

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Address

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro
TR1 3LJ

Employer contact details

Ward Manager
Tamsyn Pattenden
[e-mail]
01872252120