To act as the lead stroke specialist nurse, working with the Stroke clinicians to assist in the enhancement of stroke services in Aneurin Bevan Health Board, providing expert emergency clinical practice, advice, education, and effective nursing management of people who have experienced stroke, assuring high quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

Effectively manage their own caseload of stroke patients in secondary care, Monday to Friday 9-5pm (or according to the needs of the service) and on a rotation for weekends, within pre-determined pathways, guidance, and protocols. Promote effective working links with both NHS and voluntary sectors to ensure a coordinated specialist service to patients with complex stroke needs, need along with their families/carers. Be required to be involved in the implementation of the collation of audit data, alongside quality improvement initiatives to improve the patient pathway. The core role of the Advanced Clinical Nurse Practitioner will be to autonomously examine, diagnose and treat patients. To promote evidence-based practice and act as an accountable role model.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will effectively manage their own caseload of stroke patients in secondary care, Monday to Friday 9-5pm (or according to the needs of the service) and on a rotation for weekends, within pre-determined pathways, guidance, and protocols. Promote effective working links with both NHS and voluntary sectors to ensure a coordinated specialist service to patients with complex stroke needs, need along with their families/carers. Be required to be involved in the implementation of the collation of audit data, alongside quality improvement initiatives to improve the patient pathway. The core role of the Advanced Clinical Nurse Practitioner will be to autonomously examine, diagnose and treat patients. To promote evidence-based practice and act as an accountable role model. Ensure patient pathway is effective and timely. Act always in accordance with the NMC Professional Code of Conduct. The post holder practices advanced nursing within the Framework for Advanced Practice in Wales 2010. Core service delivery is covered by four pillars of practice, Clinical Practice, Management and Leadership, Education and Research. The post holder is expected to monitor standards of nursing care, patient experience and patient safety and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them Ensuring that all delegated activities are in line with the NLIAH (2010) All Wales Guidelines for Delegation and/or HEIW Frameworks. The post holder is required to be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Person Specification

Written

Essential

• Obtained/ working towards MSc clinical assessment
• Significant understanding of Research and Evidence based practice.

Desirable

• obtained/ working towards independent prescribing
• Experience of managing staff

verbal

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate good awareness of leadership skills and willingness to develop their professional role

Desirable

• Teaching, Mentorship or Coaching qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Address

Grange University Hospital

Cwmbran

NP44 8YN

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040-NMR358-0523