TIA Coordinator - Stroke
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Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Healthcare worker to join our stroke team as our TIA Coordinator in our friendly Stroke department .
In your role you will be accountable for the overall daily management of the "one stop" TIA clinic, ensuring that local and national guidelines/targets are met, identifying any service shortfalls in meeting these targets then raising these to your line manager, the Clinical Stroke nurse.
Under the supervision of the Clinical Stroke nurse you will be expected to undertake audits, surveys, and data collection to evaluate and improve service delivery and work with the TIA Clinical co-coordinator to review, evaluate and run reports on performance against NICE guidance
Main duties of the job
In your role you will access TIA referrals from, A/E via the stroke nurse and GP's referrals via email daily, ensuring clinic appointment are given within 24hrs from first contact with primary professional, booking patients into the TIA clinics via EPR and ensuring patients are informed, by telephone of their appointment.
You will be responsible for ensuring patients are aware of and understand what is meant by "one stop" clinic i.e. will require to be at the hospital most of the day and may requiring Brain imaging and/or Doppler, bloods, for communicating daily with the Imaging depts. to ensure scans are available and to ascertain slot availability and obtaining the medical records for the clinics and to prep accordingly.
As our TIA Coordinator you will book afternoon follow ups appointment on EPR, act as a chaperone during the clinic sessions to ensure patients are guided and assisted as appropriate between departments and explain process of the clinic and undertake ECG and phlebotomy within the TIA clinic.
About us
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Details
Date posted
21 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 a year Per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
390-MED-SO-8212
Job locations
Southend
Prittlewell chase
Southend
SS00RY
Employer details
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Southend
Prittlewell chase
Southend
SS00RY
Employer's website
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