Senior Stroke Specialist Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 7 Advanced Stroke Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our well-established, high-performing Stroke Team.

Working within a forward-thinking hospital with excellent thrombolysis and thrombectomy performance, you will play a pivotal role in delivering expert, evidence-based care across the stroke pathway. You will provide advanced clinical assessment, leadership, education, and support to patients and their families while working collaboratively within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team.

We are looking for a dynamic clinician with significant stroke experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving patient outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your advanced practice within a service recognised for delivering high-quality stroke care and driving continuous improvement.

If you are committed to clinical excellence and want to be part of a team at the forefront of stroke care, we would love to hear from you.

As a Band 7 Advanced Stroke Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will provide expert specialist nursing care across the stroke pathway, including hyperacute, acute and rehabilitation services. Working within our established multidisciplinary Stroke Team, you will deliver advanced clinical assessment, support evidence-based stroke and TIA management, coordinate complex patient care, and provide specialist advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

You will contribute to service development, education, audit and quality improvement, helping to deliver national stroke standards, including SSNAP, NICE guidance and the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing service with excellent thrombolysis and thrombectomy outcomes and play a key role in improving the care and outcomes of patients affected by stroke.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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• The post holder will work within the Stroke Service at Frimley Park hospital, providing senior specialist nursing expertise across the stroke pathway including hyperacute and acute care.
• The role supports delivery of:
  • National Stroke Service Model
  • National Clinical Guideline for Stroke
  • SSNAP standards
  • NICE guidance relevant to stroke and TIA management
  • FHFT Stroke Service objectives and pathways.
• The post holder acts as a senior specialist resource for patients, carers, ward teams and multidisciplinary colleagues in relation to stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) care. The post holder works closely with the Stroke Nurse Consultant and medical stroke team to support delivery of acute specialist stroke services.
• Provide specialist nursing assessment and advice for patients with suspected or confirmed stroke and TIA.
• Participate in stroke pathway assessment processes in accordance with local protocols and competence requirements.
• Support timely escalation and referral within hyperacute stroke pathways, including thrombectomy referral pathways where appropriate.

For more information please see attached job description and person specification.

• Registered Nurse with appropriate NMC registration for role.
• Degree level qualification or equivalent professional Qualification and experience
• Post-registration qualification relevant to the specialty, or equivalent specialist experience and evidence of continued professional development.
• Leadership, management, quality improvement or teaching qualification/training.
• Evidence of further study relevant to the specialty.

• Significant post-registration experience within the relevant specialty or closely…