Staff Nurse - Ward 8 STU - Medicine for Older People and Stroke
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join the Stroke Transitional Unit (Ward 8) at Broadgreen University Hospital. The role involves providing timely and specialist care for stroke patients, including assessment, rehabilitation, and inpatient care. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary team, focusing on patient-centred care. The unit is a 25-bedded rehabilitation ward, and the role requires a highly motivated individual passionate about delivering outstanding care.
Key responsibilities
- Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care for stroke patients.
- Provide information and support to patients and their carers.
- Make appropriate referrals to other healthcare disciplines.
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to manage patient rehabilitation post-stroke.
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience and successful completion of band 5 foundation gateway competencies
- Experience within relevant clinical setting
- Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment.
- Evidence of working with students
- Knowledge of current nursing issues and clinical governance
- Demonstrates awareness of own limitations
- Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to support less experienced staff
- Ability to problem solve
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Supportive of colleagues
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Committed to high standards of patient care.
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Maintain both personal and professional development
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable
- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Diploma in Nursing
Desirable criteria
- Recent acute hospital experience [including as a student nurse]
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
- Mentorship/teaching qualification
- Post registration qualification in relevant specialty
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurses to join our Stroke team at Broadgreen University Hospital. Ward 8 Stroke Transitional Unit
The North Mersey Stroke Service focuses on providing timely and specialist care for strokepatients from across the North Mersey area.It provides a wide range of services including acute stroke support and assessment,rehabilitation, and all aspects of inpatient care to patients from the Royal Liverpool UniversityHospital, Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Southport Hospital sites.
You must be highly motivated, innovative and have a passion for delivering outstanding care to our patients and our community.
Transforming stroke care is a priority within the NHS Long Term Plan.
The merger of services will present a number of development opportunities for staff who are passionate about the care of stroke patients to further their careers in managerial, clinical roles or advanced clinical roles.
Ward 8 Stroke Transitional Unit Unit is a 25 bedded rehabilitation unit The Ward accounts for a wide range of services providing post stroke Support and assessment in rehabilitation and all aspects of inpatient care to patients.
The successful Candidate will be be responsible for the assessment planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care.
Work as a member of the Multi-disciplinary team providing patien
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