Specialist Stroke Nurse - Esd Stroke

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Nurse to join our Suffolk Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team.

The Stroke Early Supported Discharge service provides specialist individualised stroke rehabilitation, in order to support stroke patients and their carers in the first 6 weeks of discharge from hospital to home.

We are looking for a Band 6 Nurse for a full-time, permanent position. We work as an interdisciplinary team, which operates 7 days a week. The interdisciplinary team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Stroke Specialist Nurse, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Rehabilitation Assistants.

Working across patients' homes and community settings, you will support stroke survivors to achieve maximum independence and rehabilitation potential through comprehensive assessment and specialist stroke care.

You will work collaboratively across the Suffolk Stroke Pathway to ensure seamless transitions from acute hospital care into community services, manage patients with complex needs, provide supervision and support to junior staff and students, and contribute to service development, quality improvement and data collection across the service.

This post would allow you to develop your knowledge and skills in the area of specialist stroke rehabilitation with support from both the Team Leader and the wider inter-disciplinary teams. There will be opportunities for professional development and supervision. The successful candidate will have access to both the Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich offices and will be expected to travel across the whole of the county of Suffolk.

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

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Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata, per annum

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: -I

Closing date: 10 November 2026

• Current NMC registration (adult)
• Degree in Nursing
• Post graduate education to degree level or equivalent relevant to clinical area
• Evidence of post registration experience at band 5
• Ability to organise a workload and to delegate and prioritise
• Knowledge and ability to complete stroke/neuro specific outcome measures and interventions
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Clear understanding of health, social care and third…