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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Stroke Nurse Practitioner Team on the Hyperacute Stroke Unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. The starting position is of a Band 6 Stroke Nurse Practitioner with the opportunity to progress to Band 7 following completion of role specific competencies and role development within 3 years, Clinical Skills Course and Non-Medical prescribing.

The Stroke Nurse Practitioners work 24/7 and triage and admit all suspected acute stroke patients via paramedic ambulance directly to the assessment bay on HASU (ward 42) as well as receiving referrals from the Emergency Department, GPs, Inpatient referrals and regional thrombectomy referrals.

• Interview Date: 18 July 2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

Patients are examined and assessed, given timely hyper acute treatment where appropriate – thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy, randomised into clinical trials and a management plan is devised before admitting onto the Hyperacute stroke unit.

Patients are also seen in the Emergency department, referred by inpatient teams, Eye casualty by their GP and seen in TIA clinic.

We work very closely with the ward medical team, therapists, stroke research and various departments throughout the hospital.

The successful candidate will be expected to work alongside the existing Stroke Nurse Practitioner team, learning from them in relation to stroke triage, performing a neurological assessment, cannulation and venepuncture and following the stroke pathway before being able to work independently.

We are looking for someone who has a keen interest in Acute stroke care and has had experience of looking after stroke patients. The candidate must be enthusiastic, dynamic and be able to work under pressure.

Shift pattern includes nights, weekends, and bank holidays.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, we have around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.