Acute Stroke Response Nurse
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sutton In Ashfield, NG17 4JLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
5 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our Acute Stroke Response Team. This specialist role is...
- Take charge of the ward or department in the absence of the Ward/Department Leader when required.
- Act as a professional role model, demonstrating advanced clinical practice and promoting excellence in patient care.
- Triage and assess patients with suspected stroke, ensuring prompt intervention and adherence to agreed pathways.
- Support medical staff in the assessment and management of emergency patients, arranging and acting upon diagnostic investigations.
- Initiate appropriate treatments and investigations based on clinical assessment.
- Coordinate the safe and timely transfer, admission, or discharge of patients, ensuring a seamless patient journey.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care and improve patient outcomes.
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Knowledge Requirements
Essential: - Well developed communication skills and time management.; - Effective organisational abilities.; - Knowledge of stroke pathways
Qualifications
Essential: - First Level Registered Nurse
Desirable: - Immediate Life Support
Further Training
Essential: - Nurse Swallow Screen training; - National Institute of Health Stroke Scale training; - Nasogastric tube insertion
Desirable: - Education/Teaching qualification; - Willingness to undertake venepuncture and cannulation training
Experience
Essential
- Medical Nurse Experience
- Experience in an acute stroke setting or stroke rehabilitation
- Experience of assessing potential stroke patients for acute stroke management
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Continued Professional Development
- Regular Attendance
- Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department.
- Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
21 September 2026
Last checked
23 September 2026
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