Employer East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kent & Canterbury Hospital Town Canterbury Salary £47,810 - £54,710 pra-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/08/2025 23:59
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Hyperacute Stroke Nursing
Band 7
Job overview
· Are you an experienced nurse from acute stroke/neurology/cardiology/ITU-HDU setting looking for a new challenge in senior clinical role?
· Are you passionate about providing excellent care and take pride in own professional practice whilst leading on a team?
· Are you a highly motivated nurse looking for an opportunity for career progression and leadership development?
· Are you a proactive person able to work well with a range of professionals under complex situations and team dynamic with optimism?
If you answered ‘Yes’ to the above, you are what we are looking for!
This is an exciting time to join the Acute Stroke Service in the East Kent University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust (EKHUFT)! Our service is expanding to a brand new 54 bedded purpose built new acute stroke service re-located at the William Harvey Hospital in 2027 and system funded local stroke Mechanical Thrombectomy service at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. In preparation for all these service developments, we are now uplifting our stroke nursing workforce to continue providing one of the best stroke cares in the country. We have an opportunity for you to join our wonderful team of hyperacute nurses! This post includes 60% clinical work with 40% management-leadership work and working pattern of 5/7.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be a front-line lead for hyperacute Stroke Nursing Team. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner working within the Stroke Scope of Practice and is responsible for providing clinical, operational and day-day support to the team. Within the clinical activities, you will be responding to all urgent stroke calls, facilitating rapid assessment, timely stroke diagnosis and commencing appropriate hyperacute care protocol to eligible individuals for treatment targets. The role will be responsible for ensuring robust rota and 24/7 staffing cover is available within HASU and stroke Front Door with timely escalation to the stroke matron when required. The post holder is expected to form a strong collaborative working relationship with wider stroke MDT to ensure consistent comprehensive hyperacute care is provided to the service user. And be a transformational and compassionate leader with high visibility within the team.
The post holder is expected to rotate between ward-base (HASU) and front-door 5/7. This person will be expected to provide clinical supervision, work with stroke Clinical Educator to form a strong teaching-learning environment and have a robust PDP for self and for staffs under the line management responsibility. The post holder will play a crucial role in consistent achievement of stroke specific national and local quality standards including robust documentations to support the local and national stroke audits.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work at an enhanced level of practice utilising highly developed post graduate experience, knowledge and skills in stroke specialty. They will manage discrete aspects of a patient’s care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, within their current level of practice and patient group, aligned to the four pillars of practice and aligned to Trust policy, ‘Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Level Practice- Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).’
Full details are included in attached JD.
The post holder will contribute to stroke nursing practice to improve the quality of care to patients. The post will be characterised by the four pillars of practice:
• Evidence, Research and Development
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
* Current NMC Registration
* Evidence of post-registration CPD and/or course within stroke
* E-learning certificate in stroke Core competencies and Advancing Modules on STARs
* Formal teaching-facilitating qualification & Stroke neuro-observations
* M.Sc in stroke or Advanced Practice
* NHS leadership academy qualifications
* Non-medical prescribing V300
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
* Significant post- grad healthcare working experience in acute stroke or other clinical specialities
* Knowledge & experience of using clinical policies, protocols, guidelines related to stroke
* Skills of excellent time management, organisation of work & effective networking/matrix working
* Good IT skills & experience of supervising staffs or training delivery
* Experience of patient assessments and specialised care plans
* Experience of presenting to groups of staffs/public
Governance
* Understanding of NHS governance framework
* Evidence of innovative practice & research or audit
* Evidence of quality improvement in patient care and safety
* • Experience of implementing and evaluating improvements in care
Personal & Professional attributes
* Evidence of ability to work within MDT to achieving goals of shared vision
* Ability in problem solving, creating anticipatory plans individually or within team
* Ability to cope and maintain professional composure under stressful situation & ability of self-awareness/self-reflection
* Evidence of implementing and evaluating improvements in care
Other Requirements
* Flexibility in working patterns to meet the needs of the service
* Commitment to equity and diversity
* Self-motivated, positive, adaptable and flexible approach
* Upholds and role models the Trust values
Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the ‘We are the NHS’ campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.
There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation flourishes and you can develop your career. We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work,
there’s never been a better time to join us.To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.
We’ll close this job advert once we’ve received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on 01227 866450 who are happy to help.
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The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.
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