Registered Nurse - Stroke Unit

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Join Our Team as a Registered Nurse - Stroke Unit

Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity? Join our dedicated MDT on a 35-bed Stroke Unit at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

As a Registered Nurse, you will work alongside a large ward-based multi-disciplinary team, including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, SALT, a Clinical Psychologist, and a Stroke Research Nurse. We offer gym facilities on the ward and an Activities Coordinator to support the therapy team with engaging activities.

Our high-risk TIA clinic, operational five days a week, provides valuable experience. We value continuous learning and development, offering extended role opportunities and flexibility across the stroke unit.

Join a supportive and dynamic environment committed to delivering the highest quality and most up-to-date care to our patients.

Become part of one of the top 10 trusts in the country, and the best in the East Midlands. Apply today and make a difference in stroke care!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, wealso care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Date posted

08 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-5612173

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Well developed communication skills and time management
  • Effective organisational abilities

Qualifications

Essential

  • First Level Registered Nurse

Further Training

Desirable

  • Cannulation and venepunture
  • Supporting students

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working within surgical and medical daycase

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Continued Professional Development
  • Regular Attendance
  • Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department
  • Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Well developed communication skills and time management
  • Effective organisational abilities

Qualifications

Essential

  • First Level Registered Nurse

Further Training

Desirable

  • Cannulation and venepunture
  • Supporting students

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of working within surgical and medical daycase

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Continued Professional Development
  • Regular Attendance
  • Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department
  • Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy

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

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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Leader

Paula Lovett

paula.lovett1@nhs.net

01623622515

Date posted

08 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-MED-5612173

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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