Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Stroke Unit
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a dynamic and focused staff nurse ready to step up as a Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse on a 30-bedded Acute Stroke Unit. You will help deliver hyperacute stroke care, manage the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) bay, and support the ward leader. The unit is expanding, offering opportunities for career progression in a fast-paced yet supportive environment. You will be part of a welcoming multidisciplinary team with access to continuous stroke-specific teaching.
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to practice as a proficient expert Stroke practitioner
- Evidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, patients & relatives
- Excellent time management abilities
- Understanding of clinical governance and its requirements
- Evidence of an ability/ flexibility to lead team in absence of Ward Sister and/or Stroke Outreach Lead
- [contact details removed] of confidentiality
- Evidence of critical appraisal skills
- Knowledge & Experience
- Demonstrate experience in working with hyper acute and acute stroke / emergency medicine/ critical care within the UK.
- Understanding of professional nursing issues.
- In-depth knowledge of stroke and related ailments including the impact on psychological and mental and related mental health
- Experience/ interest in patients with a diagnosis/potential diagnosis of Stroke and other illnesses affecting patient cognition
- Education, Qualification & Training
- Registered nurse at degree level
- Acute/ Stroke qualification/experience
- Evidence of CPD- ideally in relation to Stroke
- Teaching Qualification- Practice Assessor/Supervisor
- [contact details removed] Specification
- Skills & Abilities
- Evidence of ability to practice as a proficient expert Stroke practitioner
- Evidence of ability to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, patients & relatives
- Excellent time management abilities
- Understanding of clinical governance and its requirements
- Evidence of an ability/ flexibility to lead team in absence of Ward Sister and/or Stroke Outreach Lead
- [contact details removed] of confidentiality
- Evidence of critical appraisal skills
- Knowledge & Experience
- Demonstrate experience in working with hyper acute and acute stroke / emergency medicine/ critical care within the UK.
- Understanding of professional nursing issues.
- In-depth knowledge of stroke and related ailments including the impact on psychological and mental and related mental health
- Experience/ interest in patients with a diagnosis/potential diagnosis of Stroke and other illnesses affecting patient cognition
- Education, Qualification & Training
- Registered nurse at degree level
- Acute/ Stroke qualification/experience
- Evidence of CPD- ideally in relation to Stroke
- Teaching Qualification- Practice Assessor/Supervisor
- [contact details removed]
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse - Stroke Unit
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
Are you a dynamic and focused staff nurse ready to take the next step in your career progression with a particular interest in acute stroke and wish to develop senior clinical/ managerial skills ? If so, we would love for you to come and join our developing multidisciplinary team.
30 bedded unit which will including two HASU units.
We are looking for an experienced Stroke Nurse to join us on this amazing journey of expansion and growth, bringing new opportunities to the stroke unit. The unit boasts the most friendly and welcoming team atmosphere with fantastic opportunities to progress your career.
The current 30 bedded Acute Stroke Unit cares for patients requiring close monitoring and observation, encompassing acute care skills, following thrombolysis and repatriation following specialist intervention such as thrombectomy as well as patients requiring rehabilitation needs.
You would be joining us at such an exciting time in an area that will give you the chance to quickly expand your knowledge in a fast paced but supportive environment.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve:
- To help deliver hyperacute stroke care to patients. To include the assessment of a stroke patient, assistance in the delivery of thrombo
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