We are looking to appoint an experienced and highly motivated individual to lead on developing our stroke unit .If you are passionate, with managerial skills and keen to improve the safety and quality of care delivered to stroke patients and lead a team, you may be the person we are looking for. We are looking for a committed and confident individual with excellent communication skills, to provide leadership on all aspects of care delivery for our stroke patients and maintaining their safety. The post holder will work with the multidisciplinary team to produce protocols, to support patients and identify the points where hospital admission is both appropriate and necessary. • Having continuing responsibility for the 24 hour management of the ward and delivery of patient care. • To have responsibility for the line management of ward based nursing staff, Housekeeper, Ward Clerk. • To promote continuous development in clinical practice and deliver of patient care, encouraging innovation, improvement and appropriate change in service delivery. • To manage resources within agreed budget. • To provide a suitable and stimulating learning environment for students and for the ongoing professional development of registered staff. • To maintain communication networks at all appropriate clinical and managerial levels. There’s never been a more exciting time to join Team QEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2031 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken. Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond. At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships. We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too. For further details about this vacancy, please see the attached job description and person specification. This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Jun 2026