Job summary
The role will involve being able to care for hyper- acute / acute stroke patients and supporting the Allied Health care professionals in the early rehabilitation stages following a Stroke. There is a program of training to ensure stroke specific competency is achieved and successful candidates will be responsible for maintaining their own competency using the principles of nursing practice to deliver evidenced based care
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone to join our enthusiastic team in this exciting new challenge to take the stroke service forward and ensure that we all have the knowledge and skills to give a high standard of care to Stroke patients and support to family and those caring for stroke patients on discharge.
We are a twenty eight bedded Stroke unit providing hyper-acute, acute and rehabilitation as part of an interdisciplinary team to patients who have suffered a stroke. This is an exciting time in the development of the stroke services for patients in Lincolnshire and the successful candidate will be an integral part of taking the stroke service forward.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated
Job description
Job responsibilities
Consistent delivery of a high standard of nursing care to Stroke patients maintaining privacy and dignity at all times. Through assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated care meeting identified care needs through goal setting and MDT meetings.
Act as mentor or an associate mentor to pre-registration students, newly appointed staff, and HCSWs working towards NVQ, or on induction for hospital bank staff.
Be conversant and comply appropriately with all trust policies and protocols. Attend mandatory study days.
Ensure the promotion of health and safety of patients, visitors and staff using correct aids for manual handling.
Assist to co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients along the integrated care pathway for Stroke patients, analysing and reporting variances from pathway to relevant MDT members.
Assist to maintain nursing practice of the unit of both self and others that complies with trust policies and protocols, national acts, standards, frameworks and guidelines and professional code of conduct. Ensure that all mandatory and stroke specific training is completed annually or as required and that your stroke unit based Personal development folder is kept up to date
Assist to develop, introduce and apply research based findings to nursing practice relevant to stroke care. Assist in research based studies being carried out on the unit.
Communicate effectively to all members of MDT the goals and identified care needs of a group of patients within the Stroke unit supporting the implementation and maintenance of MDT working within the unit.
Maintain and demonstrate clinical skills and knowledge taking responsibility for personal professional development specific to Stroke. Develop skills and knowledge to ensure able to care for Stroke patients in hyper acute, acute and rehabilitation stages of their inpatient care. This includes developing skills to assessing caring and management of patients who have been thrombolysed.
Take responsibility as Stroke unit co-ordinator for the running of a shift.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Consistent delivery of a high standard of nursing care to Stroke patients maintaining privacy and dignity at all times. Through assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated care meeting identified care needs through goal setting and MDT meetings.
Act as mentor or an associate mentor to pre-registration students, newly appointed staff, and HCSWs working towards NVQ, or on induction for hospital bank staff.
Be conversant and comply appropriately with all trust policies and protocols. Attend mandatory study days.
Ensure the promotion of health and safety of patients, visitors and staff using correct aids for manual handling.
Assist to co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients along the integrated care pathway for Stroke patients, analysing and reporting variances from pathway to relevant MDT members.
Assist to maintain nursing practice of the unit of both self and others that complies with trust policies and protocols, national acts, standards, frameworks and guidelines and professional code of conduct. Ensure that all mandatory and stroke specific training is completed annually or as required and that your stroke unit based Personal development folder is kept up to date
Assist to develop, introduce and apply research based findings to nursing practice relevant to stroke care. Assist in research based studies being carried out on the unit.
Communicate effectively to all members of MDT the goals and identified care needs of a group of patients within the Stroke unit supporting the implementation and maintenance of MDT working within the unit.
Maintain and demonstrate clinical skills and knowledge taking responsibility for personal professional development specific to Stroke. Develop skills and knowledge to ensure able to care for Stroke patients in hyper acute, acute and rehabilitation stages of their inpatient care. This includes developing skills to assessing caring and management of patients who have been thrombolysed.
Take responsibility as Stroke unit co-ordinator for the running of a shift.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN level 1 Adult Nursing
- Ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Willingness to continue post registration development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of acute medicine and rehabilitation
Desirable
- Experience of working with Stroke patients
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- good communication skills
- Demonstrate ability to work as part of a team
- Keenness to develop professionally
- Good written and verbal skills including IT
Desirable
- Time management
- Ability to adapt to change
Specific Requirements
Essential
Desirable
- DTN, Expanded role of venepuncture, iv infusions/injections, Cannulation, ECG and male catheterisation. Stroke specific competencies
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN level 1 Adult Nursing
- Ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Willingness to continue post registration development
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of acute medicine and rehabilitation
Desirable
- Experience of working with Stroke patients
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- good communication skills
- Demonstrate ability to work as part of a team
- Keenness to develop professionally
- Good written and verbal skills including IT
Desirable
- Time management
- Ability to adapt to change
Specific Requirements
Essential
Desirable
- DTN, Expanded role of venepuncture, iv infusions/injections, Cannulation, ECG and male catheterisation. Stroke specific competencies
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
