Job Description

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.



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 junior doctors.



Participate in research and audit.



Participate in ongoing development of services for people with stroke.



We 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.



Provide skilled and knowledgeable care to patients with stroke and their carers.



Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct care to patients with stroke.



Work in an interdisciplinary manner with all members of the interdisciplinary team, and external agencies 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 a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote

ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.