Staff Nurse - Stroke (Open to Newly Qualified Nurses)
Camberley, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 day ago
Job Overview
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated nurse looking to take the next step in your nursing career? We are seeking a proactive Staff Nurse to join our dedicated team on G3, a dynamic 28-bedded Stroke Unit on a 12 month fixed term basis. Our service also includes G2A, a 12-bedded Hyper Acute Stroke Unit, enabling continuity of care for patients throughout their stroke recovery journey.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within our specialist stroke service, working closely with the Senior Sister, Matron, and
multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding, evidence-based care. You will ensure high standards of patient safety, and promote a culture of compassion and clinical excellence.
If you are passionate about stroke care, team development, and making a real difference to patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
Join us and be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team where your skills and expertise will be truly valued.
Main duties of the job
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
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
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.
Apply online now
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated nurse looking to take the next step in your nursing career? We are seeking a proactive Staff Nurse to join our dedicated team on G3, a dynamic 28-bedded Stroke Unit on a 12 month fixed term basis. Our service also includes G2A, a 12-bedded Hyper Acute Stroke Unit, enabling continuity of care for patients throughout their stroke recovery journey.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within our specialist stroke service, working closely with the Senior Sister, Matron, and
multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding, evidence-based care. You will ensure high standards of patient safety, and promote a culture of compassion and clinical excellence.
If you are passionate about stroke care, team development, and making a real difference to patient outcomes, we would love to hear from you.
Join us and be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team where your skills and expertise will be truly valued.
Main duties of the job
- To function as a practicing professional and participate in direct patient care in line with NMC code.
- To lead in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the team.
- Be an advocate and expert regarding the stroke patient care and pathway.
- Be a role model and show a commitment to stroke care and management.
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within ward environment.
- Collaborate and support ward manager when actioning plans to prevent reoccurrence of untoward incidents or complaints.
- To maintain own professional competencies according to NMC standards and guidelines.
- Demonstrate sound knowledge regarding agreed Trust policies and National Stroke guidelines.
- Collaborate with MDT and Discharge Pathway Coordinator regarding complex discharges to ensure discharge communication is effective and patient flow is actively managed.
- To assist in the referral and repatriation of patients.
- To provide education & health promotion to patients and their families and support junior colleagues to do so.
- Collaborate with stroke Clinical Practice Educator to ensure nursing team follows evidence based evidence whilst providing high standard of care to all patients.
- To assist in audit and research as required.
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.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Registration (first or second level)
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an acute hospital
- Evidence of high standards of patient care.
- Previous stroke care and management experience
- Evidence of completion of Mentorship/Supporting Learners in Practice
Essential criteria
- Effective communication skills (written & verbal).
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Able to work in a team.
- Ability to adapt to change within working situations.
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.
Apply online now
