Livewell Southwest

Neuro Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 06 November 2025

Job summary

This is for a permanent 37.5 hour per week post.

To provide high standard quality nursing interventions, health promotion and education to patients with a neurological diagnosis, including stroke, within the Community Neuro Rehab Team (CNRT), this will include service users who have a complex presentation.

To provide advice and information for patients to help them manage their condition and signpost patients to appropriate local and national support services.

Work as an outpatient and community-based practitioner undertaking an active role in planning, developing, coordinating, delivering, and participating in the CNRT service.

To be an integral member of the MDT providing education, training, and dissemination of information to all healthcare professionals.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity

Main duties of the job

To comply with local confidentiality policies, child protection and vulnerable adult procedures.

Provide professional nursing support within the team and support the Nurse Team Lead as required.

Ensure that evidence-based standards of care are maintained, monitored and continuously reviewed in line with the national guidelines, and national and organisational policies.

Support patient care through provision of excellent clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning skills, practical clinical nursing skills and act as an expert resource assisting in teaching knowledge and clinical skills for other health care professionals.

To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent, document appropriately and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

Support the delivery of robust induction programmes and monitor competency completion within the team.

All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

Job Share(s) Considered

please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

B9832-2025-NM-10088

Job locations

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibility for People Management

Supervise, educate and assess performance of students and less experienced staff, in order to provide expert advice and clinical support whilst promoting the effective and efficient delivery of a high-quality service. This will include the use of formal appraisal, line management, practice supervision and use of related documentation.

To take a flexible approach to supporting colleagues in times of caseload pressure, including working with colleagues to maintain clinical cover across the team within there sources available.

Develop the learning environment to promote lifelong learning and staff development.

Be an active member for the in-service training programme by the attendance and delivering of presentations/training sessions at staff meetings, tutorials, training sessions in-house and by attending external/organising courses and practising reflective practice.

To assist in the recruitment of relevant grades of staff as required.

Identify areas of practice/role development and enable and support staff to initiate change.

In conjunction with workforce development groups implement student/staff induction programme and information packs.

Take responsibility for your own personal and professional development, maintain competence, knowledge and skills commensurate with the role.

Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources

The post holder will have no direct responsibility for finances; however, they will adhere to the relevant trust policies on financial issues.

The post holder will use Livewell Southwest resources responsibly ensuring that resources are utilised effectively to meet changing service needs.

Track stock levels and ensure the supply levels are sufficient to meet the demands of the service, as required.

Responsibility for administration

To maintain an up-to-date record of all patient contacts, MDT care plans, goals, assessments and reports whilst ensuring confidentiality at all times in line with professional and LSW policies and procedures.

To report accidents, incidents or complaints following LSW procedures and policies and to comply with the most recent Health and Safety at Work Act.

To support Patient Safety Incident Investigations, after action reviews, case reviews and incidents, providing feedback as required to staff, patients and relatives.

To be responsible for overseeing and monitoring of nursing equipment and ensuring maintenance and repair.

To follow Livewell uniform policy at all times, and to present in a professional manner.

To work as an autonomous practitioner, independently organising, planning, and diarising a designated caseload to meet service priorities, readjusting plans as situations change and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

To comply with the Lone Working Policy and procedures, utilising safety devices and/or apps, and always informing the department of your whereabouts during workhours.

Responsibility for people who use our services

To undertake the comprehensive nursing assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills, to formulate individualised management and treatment plans. Use clinical reasoning, and a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care and patient goals. To support junior staff in this work.

Act as a patient advocate ensuring individual needs, preferences and choices are delivered by the service.

To participate in working parties developing changes within the team, which will impact positively on the service and its users.

To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to patients, relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of rehabilitation, and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.

Demonstrate clinical leadership and make clinical decisions without supervision.

Act as an effective role model by demonstrating expertise in own practice and support others to identify and deliver best practice.

To have a flexible approach to competing priorities to meet the needs of the patient and the service.

To undertake comprehensive risk assessments of all situations associated with the care of patients to ensure own and others safety.

To ensure privacy, dignity and human rights are respected for all patients and carers. Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service developments

Ensure adherence to Livewell Southwest Policies.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management, working in partnership with operational and strategic leadership, contributing to Livewell SW clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda.

Facilitate the development of service objectives within own area, taking into account relevant guidelines and the needs of the Organisations and national drivers.

Identify and undertake areas for research and evaluations within specialty, facilitating the involvement of appropriate staff

Monitor the emergence of new evidence and implement and evaluate research-based recommendations that are expected to improve patient care.

To use outcome measures specific to the work area, to evidence the benefits of nursing interventions, collecting and reporting statistical data in line with Livewell SW policies and procedures.

Other Responsibilities

To exercise good time management, punctuality and consistent reliable attendance.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own work and current practices through the use of Evidence Based Practice projects, audit and outcome measures, either individually or with the team manager. Make recommendations for change.

To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, National Service Frameworks and NICE guidelines, and incorporate them as necessary into your own practice.

To participate in the staff appraisal scheme and Personal Development Plan (PDP)as both appraiser and appraisee.

Be an autonomous practitioner, working within appropriate professional guidelines and code of conduct.

To comply with local confidentiality policies and be able to respond effectively to any concerns of abuse/safeguarding and know procedures they need to follow to escalate their concerns.

Comply with all infection control policies and guidance and attend relevant updates to support the needs of the service.

To understand and comply with the safeguarding process and understand how and when alerts are required. To contribute to safeguarding investigations with support of other colleagues.

To act as an ambassador for Livewell with external agencies and partner organisations.

To attend and contribute to staff meetings, case conferences, MDTs, and relevant professional meetings.

To work within the scope of practice, ensuring sufficient knowledge, skills, and experience to make reliable professional judgements.

To review and reflect on own practice through effective use of professional and clinical supervision in line with Livewell SW policies and procedures.