Stroke Specialist Nurse: Sponsorship Available

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Job summary

We are developing an Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) within Great Yarmouth & Waveney, bringing together community stroke pathways into a more coordinated, responsive and patient-centred model of care.As part of the wider left shift ambition, this service will support earlier discharge from hospital and improve outcomes through timely, multidisciplinary rehabilitation in the community.Our Year 1 focus is on building a more responsive and integrated local service, increased MDT capacity and improved continuity of care across the stroke pathway.You will be joining a service at a key point of development, with the opportunity to shape how care is delivered and contribute to a more integrated, forward-thinking model of community stroke rehabilitation.

A seven day service will be developed in the future.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist nursing within the Integrated Community Stroke Service consisting of assessment, liaison and treatment of patients following stroke.

To provide basic medication reviews, clinical observations and liaise with professionals as required.

To assess and prescribe basic pressure care equipment and signpost to other services requiring to be involved.

Complete basic mood screen assessments, have an awareness of the Psychological Step Care Model and carry out levels 1+2. Refer onwards to other agencies for further input if required.

To provide basic continence assessments, provide advice and refer to specialist team for input if required.

To manage autonomously a significant caseload with supervision from senior staff members.

To work in a variety of settings including patient homes, care homes and community settings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current first level NMC registration (adult)
  • Post graduate education to degree level or equivalent relevant to clinical area
  • Teaching and assessing qualification

Desirable

  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent combination of postgraduate / registration, qualification and short courses

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of post registration experience at band 5
  • Working in an NHS multi-professional setting
  • Managing and working autonomously using initiative
  • Supervising others

Desirable

  • Community Nursing
  • Participation in clinical audit and evaluating the outcomes of a service
  • Previous experience working in stroke rehabilitation

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
  • Ability to lead and manage a team
  • Ability to organise a workload and to delegate and prioritise
  • Good knowledge of health and safety, risk management and safeguarding
  • Computer literate
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Up to date professional portfolio which will demonstrate reflective practice and evidence of on-going professional development/education
  • PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
  • Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required.
  • Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours: (Compassion – We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action – My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect – Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone – Work Together, Achieve Together).

Desirable

  • SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
  • Knowledge of organisational structures and relationships in health and social care
  • Knowledge in the management of stroke
  • Knowledge of national requirements and directives related to speciality
  • Understanding of the management of patients with stroke

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit ecch.tal.net.