Clinical Nurse Specialist Stroke - Band 6

NHS Jobs; Massachusetts; Vor Ort; USD 48.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

NHS Jobs is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Stroke (Band 6) to operate within the stroke nursing team. The role covers in- and out-patient management, contributing to NICE-guideline based care and ensuring timely transfers between acute and community services.

The post includes providing expert clinical advice to patients and carers, developing nurse-led outpatient services, and ensuring 24-hour staffing coverage with a focus on patient-centred, multidisciplinary stroke care.

Qualifikationen

• Specialist nursing role in assessment and management of stroke patients (in- and outpatients).
• Provide expert clinical advice and support to patients and carers.
• Develop nurse-led outpatient services and manage a caseload.
• Support flow between Acute and Community Stroke Services and ensure NICE guideline adherence.

Aufgaben

• Manage a caseload and act as a link with the Community Stroke Team.
• Coordinate transfer of care in a managed way.
• Facilitate patient flow from A&E and through the Stroke unit.
• Provide outreach to hospital patients with suspected/confirmed stroke.
• Provide education resources for staff and students.
• Ensure 24-hour staffing coverage for the service.

Jobbeschreibung

Clinical Nurse Specialist Stroke - Band 6

To provide a service working within the Clinical Nurse Specialist nursing team within the speciality of stroke. Manages a caseload. Acting as a link with the Worcestershire Health Community, in particular the Community Stroke Team, to ensure timely and appropriate transfer of care in a managed way.To ensure cohesive working between Acute and Community Stroke Services To contribute to the organisation of stroke multidisciplinary, patient centred care To facilitate flow of patients both from A&E and through the Stroke unit in accordance with NICE guidelines To provide expert relevant clinical advice and support to patients and their carers To support the development and implementation of best practice within the speciality of stroke medicine To provide a specialist nursing role in the assessment and management of patients who have suffered a stroke (in and out patients) To provide an outreach service to other patients in the Hospital who have a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of stroke ensuring that their management is timely and appropriate To provide key support and an educational resource for any qualified and unqualified nursing staff, allied health professionals, junior doctors and students working within the speciality To develop nurse led Outpatient services and manage a caseload To play a key role in ensuring that national and local targets for stroke are met. To provide effective and well-balanced staff cover to meet the requirements of a 24 hour service and to ensure the presence of a suitably qualified and experienced nurse at all times.