Job summary
Are you an experienced Stroke nurse ready to step into a leadership role?

This is a 12 month secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave.

This is the best opportunity for you to join North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and provide clinical expertise and leadership to the Ward Team, and to develop further the service.

Based at the Acute Stroke Team on ward B11 at Peterborough City Hospital, you will join a supportive and ambitious team in delivering high-quality assessment and evaluated care required to support each patient in their care pathway and improve the patient experience.

B11 is divided into 2 areas: 12-bed monitored HASU for patients admitted for specialist acute care, 22-bed acuter and rehabilitation stroke beds and 1 dedicated assessment trolley for thrombolysis/acute stroke or TIA patients.

You will have a passion for delivering high standards of care, commitment and motivation to help drive our services forward.

We offer a 24-hour thrombolysis service and link with regional centres for mechanical thrombectomy. We also provide a service for TIA patients and are actively involved in Stroke Research and Stroke national data collection (SSNAP)

Please note we are only able to accept applications from those with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN as we are unable to support OSCE at this time

Main duties of the job
As a senior member of staff, you will act as a clinical nurse leader, taking responsibility for the professional development of yourself and a group of nurses. Your responsibilities will include ward coordinating in charge of a shift and senior cover in HASU or ASU day and night to support the team, sharing your knowledge and clinical skills.

Throughout your journey, you will work in close liaison with the Ward Manager, other Deputy Sisters/Deputy Charge Nurses, the Stroke Coordinator, Matrons, the Practice Development Team (PDT) and the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).

You will ensure the patients are supported along their pathway liaising with MDT, other agencies, and family / NOK ensuring good communication and care is provided in a timely way.

You will also have the opportunity to complete the stroke coordinator competencies and follow the patient from ED to HASU.

For further details and to organise an informal visit, please contact Carole Barham, Ward Manager at carole.barham@nhs.net or 01733 677714/11.

About us
Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.

Job responsibilities
Leadership and Clinical Practice

• Maintain clinical credibility to act as a role model and take a lead role in the patients journey.
• Deputise for the Ward/Department Manager when required.
• Act as shift coordinator to facilitate effective patient care pathways and ensure that patient care remains a priority in inter-professional practice and that timely referrals to the MDT and discharge planning take place.
• Act as clinical leader and participate in the clinical management of the ward/department ensuring practice is safe and Trust policies are followed.

Education

• Develop own clinical practice and skills through training and education.
• Once competent as an assessor, train and competency assess others.
• Participate in Ward/departmental in-service training programmes to help develop staff.
• Act as a clinical resource, mentor and where appropriate sign-off mentor to learners.

Safety

• Be aware of the safeguarding agenda. Role model best practice in line with safeguarding policy, ensuring protection and identification of vulnerable patients.
• To report all adverse events and near misses and take appropriate action. Follow up investigations and where required work with the ward manager to share lessons learnt for practice.
• Participate in a wide range of local and trust-wide patient safety initiatives such as falls and pressure ulcers.

Effectiveness

• Working with the ward team and wider MDT, develop productive ways of working to deliver the best care to patients. Identify new ways of working to improve the patient experience.
• Foster an environment where the practice is research/evidence-based and undertake and participate in audits to ensure this is effective. (Safety audit, matrons balanced scorecard, stroke audit etc.)

Patient experience

• Act as a patient advocate through the application of ethical, legal, and professional knowledge and skills as required.
• Increased partnership working with the patient, ensuring that quality of patient care is delivered, monitored, and sustained.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential

• 1st Level Registration.
• 3 Years experience within a speciality/ Acute care area
• Teaching qualification- ENB 998 or equivalent, City and guilds 730 or mentorship module.
• Completed or undertaking a first-level degree in Nursing/ Health Studies
• Evidence of leadership qualities.
• Expert clinical role model who is committed to the improvement of standards and patient care.

Desirable

• Leadership Course.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Management qualification ILS / ALS trained.
• Post-registration qualification relevant to clinical speciality.

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Uses evidence-based practice to support patient care delivery.
• Experience in managing teams
• Evidence of being a Reflective Practitioner.
• Understanding of Healthcare Governance and its application.
• Demonstration of autonomous practice
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Demonstrates record of achievement in changing and developing practice
• Working knowledge of Trust and National Nursing initiatives

Desirable

• Previous management experience

Key Skills/Abilities
Essential

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Excellent interpersonal/ liaison skills
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Highly motivated
• Ability to be adaptive and work under my initiative. Ability to negotiate effectively.
• Innovative approach to professional issues
• Change management skills
• Ability to resolve conflict and motivate a team.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude

Desirable

• Evidence of networking across professional boundaries.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).