Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse/ Stroke Specialist Nurse
A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your leadership and teaching skills and advance your knowledge and competence in stroke specific care?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to develop as a senior nurse/stroke specialist nurse on Kirton Stroke Unit at Ipswich Hospital.
You will be an enthusiastic, flexible and well-motivated RN with a strong commitment to nursing stroke patients.
As a key member of the stroke and ward nursing team you will ensure high quality stroke/TIA care is delivered. You will be part of a multi professional team providing 24/7 hyper acute stroke care on a rota basis. Induction and full training will be provided for both.
Working across the Trust you will help facilitate patient flow and achieve the standards set within the National Clinical guidelines for stroke.
You should have proven experience at Band 5 in stroke care or acute medicine.
You will need to have:- The ability to work autonomously
- An ability to make safe and speedy clinical judgments in an emergency situation
- The desire to develop your stroke clinical skills and knowledge
- Evidence of teaching, mentoring and supporting other staff
- Excellent communication and team work skills
- Good organisational skills
To be responsible with the guidance of the Ward Sister / Matron for providing leadership, teaching and clinical support within the ward
Thorough knowledge, good example and education, enable staff to deliver high quality, individualised
To provide support and supervision of nursing staff, and effectively coordinate and deploy resources within the Unit.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 28 Oct 2024