Trainee Stroke Nurse Practitioner

NHS

  • Cramlington, Northumberland
  • £38,682-46,580 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
The post will be based at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, working across the Hospital but based on the Hyperacute Stroke Unit (HASU) on Ward 6.The post involves working as a Stroke Nurse Practitioner where you will be required to triage, assess and organise the care of suspected Stroke and TIA patients. You will work in partnership with the Stroke Consultant, Resident Doctors, Physicians Associate and other Stroke Nurse Practitioners.Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.Main duties of the job
  • Promote development of evidence based practice with stroke management.
  • Work within multidisciplinary/interagency working.
  • Assist with TIA clinics and nurse- led stroke review clinics for patient and their carers.
  • Work within allocated resources.
  • Participate in the delivery of multidisciplinary education and training programmes for stroke.
  • Provide knowledge and expertise to support nursing staff, therapists, students and juniordoctors.
  • Participate in research and audit.
  • Participate in ongoing development of services for people with stroke.
About usWe manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.DetailsDate posted28 August 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 6Salary£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annumContractSecondmentWorking patternFull-time, Flexible workingReference number319-7419207SCJob locationsNorthumbria Specialist Emergency Care HospitalNorthumbria WayCramlingtonNE23 6NZJob descriptionJob responsibilities
  • Provide skilled and knowledgeable care to patients with stroke and their carers.
  • Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct care to patients withstroke.
  • Work in an interdisciplinary manner with all members of the interdisciplinary team, and externalagencies to provide a high-quality service for patients from stroke disease, and their carers.
  • Promoting the development of high-quality stroke services within Stroke Northumbria.
  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of acollective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadershipstyle which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promoteownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working andcollaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
  • Provide skilled and knowledgeable care to patients with stroke and their carers.
  • Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct care to patients withstroke.
  • Work in an interdisciplinary manner with all members of the interdisciplinary team, and externalagencies to provide a high-quality service for patients from stroke disease, and their carers.
  • Promoting the development of high-quality stroke services within Stroke Northumbria.
  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of acollective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadershipstyle which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promoteownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working andcollaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • 1st level degree registered nurse/equivalent.
  • Diploma/Degree in nursing/health studies.
  • Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
  • Practice Assessor/Supervisor.
Desirable
  • Independent/Supplementary nurse prescriber
ExperienceEssential
  • Substantial experience as a nurse working in stroke.
Desirable
  • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
  • Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.
  • Previous experience as a nurse practitioner, specialist nurse.
  • Experience of working in nurse led clinics/unit.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • 1st level degree registered nurse/equivalent.
  • Diploma/Degree in nursing/health studies.
  • Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
  • Practice Assessor/Supervisor.
Desirable
  • Independent/Supplementary nurse prescriber
ExperienceEssential
  • Substantial experience as a nurse working in stroke.
Desirable
  • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
  • Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.
  • Previous experience as a nurse practitioner, specialist nurse.
  • Experience of working in nurse led clinics/unit.

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