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CRH offers a wide range of exciting and rewarding opportunities for people who are passionate about providing exceptional patient care. With more than 350 different careers on offer, there is a job for you no matter what your interests, skills, or qualifications.
The postholder will be a registered nurse with a 1st level degree or equivalent, highly skilled in the specialty of stroke medicine. They will be competent with all emergency stroke pathways and be able to demonstrate advanced clinical skills.
The postholder must be passionate about the stroke service, be approachable, self-motivated, and able to work well under pressure. They must also have leadership skills with the ability to influence others, being a role model for the team. The postholder will be responsible for leading on a range of projects which include productivity and efficiency, transformation, clinical effectiveness, and quality.
Main duties of the job
1. Delivering patient care and managing emergency stroke pathways
2. Expertise knowledge in stroke medicine
3. Clinical governance
4. Research and audits
5. Service improvement / leading on projects
6. Teaching and assessing staff competencies
7. Job plans will be tailored to each CNS within the team
Working for our organisation
Our vision: Exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people.
Our mission: To bring our people, communities, and partners together – providing patient care we can all be proud of. We all play a part in achieving this, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. As members of staff, we will always be guided by our Proud to CARE values:
* COMPASSION
* AMBITION
* RESPECT
* ENCOURAGEMENT
Leading the Chesterfield Way
The Stroke CNS is a vital role within our organisation. Leading the Chesterfield Way supports the Trust’s priorities and ambitions - and sets out the behaviours and characteristics that leaders are expected to adopt and that all staff can role model, to make the Trust an even better place to work; and to support the delivery of exceptional patient care. It provides a framework for leadership and supports individual progression through appraisal, career progression, and personal development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Registered General Nurse
* 1st level degree or equivalent
* Physical examination course
* Evidence of learning/qualification at master’s level or equivalent
* Competent with all Emergency Stroke Pathways
* Teaching & Assessing
* Extensive experience in and knowledge of stroke medicine
* Specialty specific qualification appropriate to Role
* Non-medical prescriber or willing to work towards
Experience
* Significant experience in specialty and demonstrable advanced clinical skills
* Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
* Experience of undertaking audit and completion of the audit cycle or nursing research
* Ability to analyse data/information and make complex decisions
* Leadership and Management experience
* Led Strategic work/planning
* Familiar with current structure of health service and conversant with recent initiatives nationally
* Stroke specific transformational innovation
* Risk management skills
* Developed educational programme
Skills and Knowledge
* Ability to write report to a variety of audiences
* Ability to work autonomously and within a team
* Managerial and Leadership skills
* High level influencing & negotiating skills
* Good understanding of acute hospital governance
* Thorough understanding of principles of SSNAP audit
* Experience of clinical research
* Leadership skills, with an ability to influence
* Excellent oral and written communication skills, with excellent interpersonal skills
* Confident to manage change
* Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks
* Ability to deal with sensitive and complex issues
* Competent in the use of IT systems
* Knowledge of current national service issues/developments
* Undertaken and completed audit projects
* Publication of review articles, case reports or original research relevant to Stroke or Geriatric Medicine
* Report writing
* Major change management
* Teaching skills course/qualification
Personal Attributes
* Positive attitude, self-motivated
* Innovative and dynamic
* Excellent organisational skills
* Ability to work under pressure, ability to prioritise and manage own workload
* Approachable
Demonstrates our Proud to CARE Values
* Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers, developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield, there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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