Highly Specialist Nurse for Stroke

We are developing an Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) within Great Yarmouth & Waveney, bringing together community stroke pathways into a more coordinated, responsive and patient-centred model of care. As part of the wider left shift ambition, this service will support earlier discharge from hospital and improve outcomes through timely, multidisciplinary rehabilitation in the community. Our Year 1 focus is on building a more responsive and integrated local service, increased MDT capacity and improved continuity of care across the stroke pathway. You will be joining a service at a key point of development, with the opportunity to shape how care is delivered and contribute to a more integrated, forward-thinking model of community stroke rehabilitation., To lead a community stroke nursing team within the East Coast Community Healthcare Integrated Community Stroke Service, providing high quality specialist rehabilitation to patients following a stroke in order to allow patients to achieve their optimal level of independence and maximum rehabilitation potential.

To support post stroke reviews provided by other services for all stroke survivors within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney locality to identify difficulties and needs, provide information, advice and support for patients and their family and/or carers.

To provide specialist nursing within the Integrated Community Stroke Service consisting of assessment, liaison and treatment of patients following stroke.

To provide basic medication reviews, clinical observations and liaise with professionals as required.

To assess and prescribe basic pressure care equipment and signpost to other services requiring to be involved.

Complete basic mood screen assessments, have an awareness of the Psychological Step Care Model and carry out levels 1+2. Refer onwards to other agencies for further input if required.

To provide basic continence assessments, provide advice and refer to specialist team for input if required.

ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.