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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse with appropriate NMC registration for role.
• Learning Disabilities nurse, RN8/RNC Children’s nurse or RM: Midwife) or NMC other specialist community or public health nursing NMC L1 registrants.
• 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.

Desirable criteria

• Relevant postgraduate study or specialist qualification.
• Leadership, management, quality improvement or teaching qualification/training.
• Evidence of further study relevant to the specialty.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post-registration experience within the relevant specialty or closely related clinical area.
• Experience working at Band 6 or equivalent level within specialist nursing practice.
• Experience managing patients with complex specialist needs and supporting clinical decision making within agreed pathways. Experience providing senior specialist advice to staff, patients, carers or multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Experience supervising, supporting and developing registered staff, unregistered staff and learners.
• Experience leading or coordinating audit, service evaluation, quality improvement or local service development initiatives.
• Experience working effectively within multidisciplinary teams and across organisational or service boundaries.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of supporting recruitment, appraisal, competency assessment or performance support
• Experience producing reports, briefing papers, education resources or service improvement updates.

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist nursing care for patients with complex needs within agreed clinical governance arrangements.
• Ability to coordinate complex patient pathways and contribute to continuity of care across services.
• Ability to provide senior specialist advice, guidance and support to staff, patients and carers. Strong understanding of clinical governance, risk management, safeguarding, information governance, equality and human rights.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex, sensitive or distressing information with compassion and clarity.
• Ability to organise own workload and support prioritisation of work across a specialist team or pathway.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of service improvement methodology.
• Awareness of national standards, guidance or performance measures relevant to the specialty.
• Competent IT and data skills for audit, reporting and service monitoring.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT)

FHFT is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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