Community Stroke Team Nurse

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Nurse to join our Community Stroke Therapy Team. In this rewarding role, you will utilise your specialist stroke knowledge and clinical expertise to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across the New Forest. Responsibilities will include undertaking comprehensive holistic assessments, supporting the delivery of rehabilitation programmes, and completing 6-week and 6-month post-stroke reviews. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in providing an efficient, responsive, and evidence-based service that supports stroke survivors through their recovery journey.

The stroke therapy service uniquely covers 3 areas, including Early Supported Stroke Discharge (ESD), a 16-bed inpatient unit (8 stroke and 8 medical rehabilitation beds).

You will participate in our IST programme, supervision structure, service development and our weekend rota supporting our 7 day a week ESD service., To provide specialist Stroke knowledge and skills to the Community Stroke Team.

To assess and treat own caseload, which may include complex presentations.

To work with patients to support them to achieve their personalised goals, optimum level of independence and quality of life. Working with the individual patient and in groups.

To maintain accurate and up to date patient records as an autonomous practitioner and in accordance with legal requirements, Trust standards and Professional Standards.

To provide supervision and education of junior colleagues, assistants and students.

To support Band 7s in daily management of the team and provision of therapy service, deputising in their absence.

To contribute to development and maintenance of an efficient and effective Stroke rehabilitation service.

To share the responsibility of covering a 7 day rota for CST, and changing duties at the last minute in order to support staff leave and sickness.

Ideally applicants will have a minimum of 2 years stroke/neuro experience, but those with less experience will be considered.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence