Lead Stroke Nurse

Overview

Every day, people living with the impact of stroke are leaving hospital feeling scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to ensure there is no life half lived in Scotland.

By joining Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Lead Stroke Nurse - Borders, you can be the difference between people simply surviving and people truly living.

This is primarily a home-based role, which can be carried out from locations out with the NHS Borders area. However, occasional travel to meet the Stroke Team in the Borders region will be required, so applicants should be based within a reasonable travelling distance to accommodate this.

You will provide support to service users remotely and lead a team who deliver care across the region.

As Lead Stroke Nurse, you will remotely manage and develop a team of registered Stroke Nurses and Health Care Assistants, ensuring they can provide confidential, independent information, advice, and support to people affected by stroke. You will play a key role in implementing organisational policies, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement to support the successful delivery of our No Life Half Lived strategy.

• Provide remote support to service users and families affected by stroke or TIA.
• Lead and develop a team of registered Stroke Nurses and Health Care Assistants.
• Ensure the team delivers confidential, independent information, advice, and support.
• Implement organisational policies and procedures.
• Monitor performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Occasionally travel to meet the Stroke Team in the Borders region as required.

• Clinical qualification and registration with a UK clinical body such as NMC or HCPC.
• Comprehensive stroke knowledge and experience with stroke or TIA care.
• Demonstrable management experience, with leadership experience considered desirable.
• Experience working in a home‑based or community health setting preferred.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check.

CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.