Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse/ Stroke Specialist Nurse

Job summary

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your leadership and teaching skills and advance your knowledge and competence in stroke specific care?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to develop as a senior staff nurse/stroke specialist nurse on Kirton Stroke Unit at Ipswich Hospital.

You will be an enthusiastic, flexible and well-motivated RN with a strong commitment to nursing stroke patients.

As a key member of the stroke and ward nursing team you will ensure high quality stroke/TIA care is delivered. You will be part of a multi professional team providing 24/7 hyper acute stroke care on a rota basis. Induction and full training will be provided for both.

Working across the Trust you will help facilitate patient flow and achieve the standards set within the National Clinical guidelines for stroke.

You should have proven experience at Band 5 in stroke care or acute medicine.

You will need to have:

• The ability to work autonomously
• An ability to make safe and speedy clinical judgments in an emergency situation
• The desire to develop your stroke clinical skills and knowledge
• Evidence of teaching, mentoring and supporting other staff
• Excellent communication and team work skills
• Good organisational skills

Please note this is a fixed term position until end of April 2024. Internal candidates will be offered a secondment position only.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible with the guidance of the Ward Sister / Matron for providing leadership, teaching and clinical support within the ward

Thorough knowledge, good example and education, enable staff to deliver high quality, individualised

To provide support and supervision of nursing staff, and effectively coordinate and deploy resources within the Unit.

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

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

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