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Job summary

Main area
Stroke Unit
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
259-046005RLH-04SM
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£34,089 - £41,498 per annum inc.
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Hyper Acute Stroke Unit Nurse – Band 5

Band 5

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview

The Stroke Unit at the Royal London is one of the 8 Hyper Acute Stroke units in London. Barts Health is part of largest academic health sciences system in the world, our Hyper Acute Stroke Unit benefits from a dedicated research team conducting cutting edge research on the ward.

We have an established bed base of 12 Hyper Acute Stroke beds and 14 Acute Stroke beds. The aim of our service is to provide world class stroke care.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking dedicated and dynamic band 5 nurses to be part of our expanding team and to assist us in delivering safe and compassionate care to all our patients and also ensuring that all Stroke patients have access to excellent care which is evidenced based.

All Band 5 Staff nurses will be supported in their learning needs and work towards working in our HASU bays providing post thrombolysis care. We welcome and support newly qualified nurses – they will be given a preceptor and opportunity to work alongside the teaching sister on the unit.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be able to provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team. To work effectively within a large nursing team. 

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse or qualifying this year

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Recent ACUTE experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Falis Ali
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]