Stroke Specialist Nurse

To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.

To be able to take charge of the unit clinically, in the absence of senior nursing staff and to support junior members of staff to develop their clinical skills and knowledge.

To be able to manage the patient flow within the department with consideration to target delivery and ensuring stroke patients get to the stroke unit within the allocated time.

As a stroke Specialist Nurse you will also be responsible for the initial assessment of the acute stroke patient in ED, initiation of the thrombolysis/thrombectomy pathway, facilitating patient flow within stroke, progression of admission and transfer of care into the community. If a stroke is suspected; the stroke nurse/ deputy sister will transfer the patient to the acute stroke unit at the earliest possible opportunity

As Stroke Specialist Nurse will gain extensive knowledge of stroke symptoms, along with neurological conditions that may present as a stroke mimic will be taught with a comprehensive training package. Cannulation and venepuncture are essential in this role. The applicant must have or must be willing to undertake this extended training that will be provided on the ward via SIM training, stroke specific university modules, conferences and teaching.

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The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

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