Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Brain Attack Nurse (XR06)

The closing date is 31 July 2025

Job summary

Expected Shortlisting Date

01/08/2025

Planned Interview Date

08/08/2025

Are you a nurse looking for a challenge or a change? Are you looking for a role which gives you job variety, continuous support, encouragement, and genuine job satisfaction, then this just could be the job for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the existing Brain Attack Team (BATeam) within the Stroke Service at LTHT. Experience in stroke nursing is not essential, but a willingness to learn and to act FAST is.

Main duties of the job

You should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change; our commitment to you, as forward thinking team, will be individualised clinical development, access to monthly teachings ensuring you have every opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in stroke. We are able to offer a range of education and development opportunities, including in-house training and external courses. You will be expected to participate in audits & research to help develop and shape the future of stroke care in Leeds and the UK.

You will be part of a busy multi-disciplinary team who are dedicated in providing individualised, evidence based stroke care management. The post holder will be expected to work both autonomously and closely with stroke clinicians and across a range of specialities in order to meet the needs of the service. Ultimately we are searching for a dynamic, highly motivated and passionate individual committed to high quality patient care. Is this you?

About us

We admit over 1,300 strokes a year to our hyperacute stroke unit and offer a challenging and dynamic clinical learning environment dealing with a wide range of stroke patients, TIAs and mimics. This includes thrombolysis, thrombectomy and management of primary intracerebral haemorrhage as well as the delivery of a regional thrombectomy service for West Yorkshire.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-NEU-129

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a nurse looking for a challenge or a change? Are you looking for a role which gives you job variety, continuous support, encouragement, and genuine job satisfaction, then this just could be the job for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the existing Brain Attack Team (BATeam) within the Stroke Service at LTHT. Experience in stroke nursing is not essential, but a willingness to learn and to act FAST is.

We admit over 1,300 strokes a year to our hyperacute stroke unit and offer a challenging and dynamic clinical learning environment dealing with a wide range of stroke patients, TIAs and mimics. This includes thrombolysis, thrombectomy and management of primary intracerebral haemorrhage as well as the delivery of a regional thrombectomy service for West Yorkshire.

You should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change; our commitment to you, as forward thinking team, will be individualised clinical development, access to monthly teachings ensuring you have every opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in stroke. We are able to offer a range of education and development opportunities, including in-house training and external courses. You will be expected to participate in audits & research to help develop and shape the future of stroke care in Leeds and the UK.

You will be part of a busy multi-disciplinary team who are dedicated in providing individualised, evidence based stroke care management. The post holder will be expected to work both autonomously and closely with stroke clinicians and across a range of specialities in order to meet the needs of the service. Ultimately we are searching for a dynamic, highly motivated and passionate individual committed to high quality patient care. Is this you?

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a nurse looking for a challenge or a change? Are you looking for a role which gives you job variety, continuous support, encouragement, and genuine job satisfaction, then this just could be the job for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the existing Brain Attack Team (BATeam) within the Stroke Service at LTHT. Experience in stroke nursing is not essential, but a willingness to learn and to act FAST is.

We admit over 1,300 strokes a year to our hyperacute stroke unit and offer a challenging and dynamic clinical learning environment dealing with a wide range of stroke patients, TIAs and mimics. This includes thrombolysis, thrombectomy and management of primary intracerebral haemorrhage as well as the delivery of a regional thrombectomy service for West Yorkshire.

You should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change; our commitment to you, as forward thinking team, will be individualised clinical development, access to monthly teachings ensuring you have every opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in stroke. We are able to offer a range of education and development opportunities, including in-house training and external courses. You will be expected to participate in audits & research to help develop and shape the future of stroke care in Leeds and the UK.

You will be part of a busy multi-disciplinary team who are dedicated in providing individualised, evidence based stroke care management. The post holder will be expected to work both autonomously and closely with stroke clinicians and across a range of specialities in order to meet the needs of the service. Ultimately we are searching for a dynamic, highly motivated and passionate individual committed to high quality patient care. Is this you?

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Band 5 or Higher

Desirable

  • Change management Stroke

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Lateral thinking Excellent communication skills Wider knowledge of the issues facing healthcare

Desirable

  • Leadership

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Phlebotomy

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 1 Nurse NMC Registered Adult

Desirable

  • Leadership
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Band 5 or Higher

Desirable

  • Change management Stroke

Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Lateral thinking Excellent communication skills Wider knowledge of the issues facing healthcare

Desirable

  • Leadership

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Phlebotomy

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 1 Nurse NMC Registered Adult

Desirable

  • Leadership

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Brain Attack Nurse Specialsit

Wojciech Chudzinski

w.chudzinski@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-NEU-129

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF


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