Job summary Our Stroke service at Southend Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated trained nurse to join its Stroke team in a secondment role providing specialist treatment and care for patients immediately following a stroke; the pathway starts in A&E where the stroke specialist nurses who are on call 24/7 provides thrombolysis and thrombectomy assessment, initial rapid brain imaging and delivers an overall high standard of stroke care. The focus of your role is to assess, facilitate and provide lifesaving treatment in a timely manner and ensure a prompt triage to Stroke Unit for the staff to deliver immediate hyper acute care for the first 72 hours post stroke. We look forward to meeting you if you think this job is for you Main duties of the job Your role is to facilitate and co-ordinate nursing care during the acute admission pathway for stroke patients. Liaise, plan and implement initial acute care in collaboration with the relevant Stroke Senior Clinician. You will participate in the development of acute and rehabilitation stroke nursing within the Trust. Encourage others to be innovative and adaptable in their approach to change by contributing to the implementation of the National long-term plan for Stroke, Stroke Strategy, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance and Royal College of Physicians Guidelines for Stroke. You will be expected to hold the Acute Stroke bleep and provide a prompt level of advanced and comprehensive nursing assessment based on specialist knowledge and experience in Hyper Acute Care and where required, support the specialist stroke team with any required research About us Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people. We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us. We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress. Date posted 18 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 a year Per Annum pro rata Contract Secondment Working pattern Full-time Reference number 390-DoM-SO-8170 Job locations Southend Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 0RY Job description Job responsibilities Are you an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated trained nurse looking for a role in Stroke, then we want to hear from you? We look forward to meeting you if you think this job is for you Job description Job responsibilities Are you an enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated trained nurse looking for a role in Stroke, then we want to hear from you? We look forward to meeting you if you think this job is for you Person Specification Experience Essential Minimum 3 years at Band 5 Demonstrable experience in stroke nursing Desirable Experience in research audit Qualifications Essential NMC PIN Recognised post registration stroke course or training Desirable ARU Stroke course NIHSS certificate or must undertake Undertaken dysphagia training Person Specification Experience Essential Minimum 3 years at Band 5 Demonstrable experience in stroke nursing Desirable Experience in research audit Qualifications Essential NMC PIN Recognised post registration stroke course or training Desirable ARU Stroke course NIHSS certificate or must undertake Undertaken dysphagia training 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). Additional information 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). Employer details Employer name Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Address Southend Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 0RY Employer's website https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)