Senior Stroke Specialist Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 7 Advanced Stroke Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our well-established, high-performing Stroke Team.

Working within a forward-thinking hospital with excellent thrombolysis and thrombectomy performance, you will play a pivotal role in delivering expert, evidence-based care across the stroke pathway. You will provide advanced clinical assessment, leadership, education, and support to patients and their families while working collaboratively within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team.

We are looking for a dynamic clinician with significant stroke experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving patient outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your advanced practice within a service recognised for delivering high-quality stroke care and driving continuous improvement.

If you are committed to clinical excellence and want to be part of a team at the forefront of stroke care, we would love to hear from you.

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As a Band 7 Advanced Stroke Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will provide expert specialist nursing care across the stroke pathway, including hyperacute, acute and rehabilitation services. Working within our established multidisciplinary Stroke Team, you will deliver advanced clinical assessment, support evidence-based stroke and TIA management, coordinate complex patient care, and provide specialist advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

You will contribute to service development, education, audit and quality improvement, helping to deliver national stroke standards, including SSNAP, NICE guidance and the National Clinical Guideline for Stroke. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing service with excellent thrombolysis and thrombectomy outcomes and play a key role in improving the care and outcomes of patients affected by stroke.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder will work within the Stroke Service at Frimley Park hospital, providing senior specialist nursing expertise across the stroke pathway including hyperacute and acute care.
• The role supports delivery of:
  • National Stroke Service Model
  • National Clinical Guideline for Stroke
  • SSNAP standards
  • NICE guidance relevant to stroke and TIA management
  • FHFT Stroke Service objectives and pathways.
• The post holder acts as a senior specialist resource for patients, carers, ward teams and multidisciplinary colleagues in relation to stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) care. The post holder works closely with the Stroke Nurse Consultant and medical stroke team to support delivery of acute specialist stroke services.
• Provide specialist nursing assessment and advice for patients with suspected or confirmed stroke and TIA.
• Participate in stroke pathway assessment processes in accordance with local protocols and competence requirements.
• Support timely escalation and referral within hyperacute stroke pathways, including thrombectomy referral pathways where appropriate.

For more information please see attached job description and person specification.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.