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Job overview

The role includes working closely and effectively with the multi-disciplinary team in the management of 
the stroke unit. This includes the support and leadership provided to nursing and support staff within 
the Stroke unit and the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. The role also includes the continuing responsibility for 
the effective delivery of the philosophy, policies, and standards of care and morale of the department in 
line with the Trust vision to provide excellent clinical care in the right setting by being compassionate, 
responsive and innovative. 
The post holder will aim to ensure that all patients are provided with safe and high quality standards of 
care. They will be aware of the National stroke care standards and support the nursing staff and multidisciplinary team ensuring that they are maintained. The post holder also has clinical, teaching, 
managerial, and staff development responsibilities.
The post-holder will have the responsibility of the overall management of the nursing staff, 
deliver patient care and lead a team of staff by acting as a role model for excellence in stroke 
nursing, provide leadership; supervision and work in collaboration with the practice 
development nurse in development of junior nursing staff.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Will work with the nursing team in the overall management of the area, and take particular 
responsibility for their nominated team and patient care/management.
 Ability to accept responsibility for own actions in accordance with NMC codes of conduct.
 Provide high standards of patient care through effective physical, psychological, social and 
emotional assessment, and formalise an effective plan of care for the patients with the 
clinical area based on current research.
 Assume responsibility for the development of junior staff, supporting and acting as an 
assessor / mentor/ role model within the clinical area.
 Promote health education in the clinical area, advising patients, relatives and staff, referring 
to other specialists for further information when appropriate.
 Ensures a high degree of knowledge relating to clinical equipment with ability to teach and 
support staff in their use.
 Maintain knowledge in the recognition and effective response to emergency / untoward 
clinical incidents or management issues, in line with trust policies.
 Assume responsibility for the monitoring of clinical and environmental standards impacting 
on patient care including ward (e.g. unit cleanliness, health and safety and infection control.
 Administer medications in line with trust policy (oral, IV, SC, etc.), and assume responsibility 
for the safe custody of medicines covered by Control of Drugs Act.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.