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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Staff Nurse - Acute Stroke Unit

The closing date is 09 September 2025

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Job summary

ACUTE STROKE SPECIALTY

STAFF NURSES - BAND 5

Do you want to?

work where you can thrive professionally and personally,
be a part of true multidisciplinary working,
work closely with your community partners,
have an opportunity to develop into specialist roles,
experience great satisfaction from patients, carers and relatives,
drive the STP vision for excellent Acute Stroke Services for the population we serve?

Our Acute Stroke Unit has recently been relocated to a 26 bedded unit; the unit also has a TIA Clinic with dedicated Stroke Clinical Nurse Specialists and Stroke Support Workers. We have an established Clinical Nurse Specialist team who are based within the unit and work closely with the nursing team.

The stroke team members will welcome you with open arms: in a friendly and supportive environment regardless of their role or responsibility. You will rejoice in being able to provide excellent nursing and clinical care for stroke patients in their acute phase, resulting in optimal patient outcomes. Excellent communication skills are vital for our patients, carers and relatives to ensure well co-ordinated care across the Worcestershire Stroke Pathway, as we work with many specialist nursing teams, medics and therapists.

Main duties of the job

Our priority is to ensure a person-centred approach to care when our patients are likely to be at their most vulnerable. As a busy unit, with a rapid flow of patients having a higher level of care acuity: including NG and PEG feeding, complex IV medications and complex functional and cognitive care needs, we are looking for nurses that can deliver compassionate care in a fast-paced unit.

In return we will offer you excellent learning and developmental opportunities; we will support your personal growth through regular personal development planning and our educational strategy. Newly qualified staff can benefit from the trust preceptorship program and in addition all new staff will have a two week bespoke induction program, specific to the Acute Stroke Unit: This will include the trust induction program and spoke placements with the Stroke specialist nurses, all therapists, and clinical investigations.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Date posted

26 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9365-25-0750

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Acting as a Named Nurse, to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.
To co-ordinate the patients discharge arrangements in accordance with WAHT discharge policy.
To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals.
To educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.
To provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthier lifestyle. To complete patient documentation correctly. To assist in establishing and monitoring protocols / care pathways. To participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication with patients, relatives and other staff. To support peoples equality, diversity and rights at all times. To safe guard vulnerable adults in accordance with agreed policies and procedures.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Acting as a Named Nurse, to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.
To co-ordinate the patients discharge arrangements in accordance with WAHT discharge policy.
To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals.
To educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.
To provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthier lifestyle. To complete patient documentation correctly. To assist in establishing and monitoring protocols / care pathways. To participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication with patients, relatives and other staff. To support peoples equality, diversity and rights at all times. To safe guard vulnerable adults in accordance with agreed policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Ability to record and deal with accurate facts, figures and information
Effective communicator both written and verbal
Flexible to change in demands of service
SINAP / SSNAP data: capture and validation to assist working towards best practice
support ward manager with quality assurance data collection as per DoH Stroke care best practice guidelines
Computer literate
Ability to support unregistered staff/students
Ability to identify and manage risk

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse on sub part 1 or 2 of the professional register
Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
Working towards the stroke competencies of level 1 care within 4 months of commencing post, and Level 2 care (HASU) within 11 months of post commencement

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing qualification.
Significant proven knowledge and experience in the speciality of stroke in an NHS setting.
Able to evidence learning and application into work place

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Ability to record and deal with accurate facts, figures and information
Effective communicator both written and verbal
Flexible to change in demands of service
SINAP / SSNAP data: capture and validation to assist working towards best practice
support ward manager with quality assurance data collection as per DoH Stroke care best practice guidelines
Computer literate
Ability to support unregistered staff/students
Ability to identify and manage risk

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse on sub part 1 or 2 of the professional register
Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
Working towards the stroke competencies of level 1 care within 4 months of commencing post, and Level 2 care (HASU) within 11 months of post commencement

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing qualification.
Significant proven knowledge and experience in the speciality of stroke in an NHS setting.
Able to evidence learning and application into work place

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)