Community Specialist Nurse for Stroke and Neuro ESD
Closing date: 16 November 2025
Following substantive funding, we are pleased to announce an exciting vacancy for a part‑time Band 6 Specialist Community Nurse with an interest in stroke and neurological rehabilitation. We are a multidisciplinary team who provide rehabilitation in the community to patients who have recently been discharged from hospital following a stroke or other neurological event.
As a core member of our integrated team, you will provide nursing expertise to support the transition from hospital to home, promoting independence towards meaningful goals, and assisting patients with secondary prevention following stroke. You will work in an integrated and collaborative way with the wider team, and with a range of other services across East Dorset.
We are excited that our nursing provision is growing, and we would love for you to join us! We are looking for applicants with nursing skills in the management and rehabilitation of people with stroke or neurological disorders. You must be adaptable and flexible, and able to work autonomously in a community setting.
The role will involve community work and for this reason a car owner/ driver is essential.
It is essential that applicants have UK NHS experience.
Base Location: Canford House, Discovery Court Business Centre, 551‑553 Wallisdown Road, Poole, BH12 5AG
Interview Date: 24th November 2025
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD is investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder’s home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Qualification
* NMC registered Nurse
Experience
* Minimum of 18‑24 months of postgraduate experience in a neuro/elderly care/medical or rehab setting
* Experience of working in either an acute/rehab hospital setting or in a community nursing or rehab team
* Supervision of staff
* Moving & handling skills and able to use specialist equipment appropriate to the patient group
* Ability to assess, manage and provide nursing interventions to patients with neurological conditions and those with complex multi pathologies at specialist level
Knowledge
* Sound theoretical and practical knowledge of stroke/neurology
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.
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Canford House, Discovery Court Business Centre
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum / pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part‑time
Reference number
153‑ME05186
Job locations
Canford House, Discovery Court Business Centre
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