Job summary
Our stroke service at Basildon Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated trained nurse to join our stroke team in a secondment opportunity to support the provision of specialist treatment and care for patients immediately following a stroke.
The Clinical Stroke Charge Nurse will be required to effectively support and guide the nursing teams to ensure the clinical needs of stroke patients are identified and managed within the acute setting for every suspected stroke and TIA.
Main duties of the job
The stroke patients pathway starts in A&E where the stroke specialist nurses who are on call 24/7 provides thrombolysis and thrombectomy assessment, initial rapid brain imaging and delivers an overall high standard of stroke care.
The focus of your role is to assess, facilitate and provide lifesaving treatment in a timely manner and ensure a prompt triage to Pasteur ward for the staff to deliver immediate hyper acute care for the first 72 hours post stroke.
About us
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated trained nurse with an interest in Stroke patients, then we want to her from you?
Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated trained nurse with an interest in Stroke patients, then we want to her from you?
Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Pin number
- Recognised post registration stroke course or training
Desirable
- NIHSS certificate or must undertake
- GRPG certificate or must undertake
- Undertaken dysphagia training
Experience
Essential
- 3 years at Band 5
- Demonstrable experience in stroke nursing
Desirable
- Experience in research audit
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Pin number
- Recognised post registration stroke course or training
Desirable
- NIHSS certificate or must undertake
- GRPG certificate or must undertake
- Undertaken dysphagia training
Experience
Essential
- 3 years at Band 5
- Demonstrable experience in stroke nursing
Desirable
- Experience in research audit
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).
