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Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Stroke Specialist Nurse

Royal Cornwall Hospitals TrustRoyal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, TR1 3LJ, United Kingdom£39,959 - £48,117Closes 25/09/2026

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Band
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Posted
11/09/2026
Closes
25/09/2026

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Role summary

This role is for an experienced and compassionate Stroke Specialist Nurse to provide high-standard, holistic, patient-centred care for stroke patients. You will work as a senior skilled member of the nursing team in the ED and on the stroke unit, promoting patient-centred care and establishing good relationships with patients and families. The role involves managing patient flow, initiating thrombolysis/thrombectomy pathways, and facilitating admission and transfer of care. Comprehensive training will be provided, including stroke-specific university modules and SIM training.

Essential criteria

  • NMC registration
  • Holds, or working towards, a degree
  • Completion or commitment to undertake relevant extended role scope competencies.

Desirable criteria

  • University qualification in specialty.
  • Teaching/assessment/ mentoring qualification.
  • Relevant nursing experience within specialty
  • Audit or research experience
  • Teaching and education experience.
  • NMC registration
  • Holds, or working towards, a degree
  • Completion or commitment to undertake relevant extended role scope competencies.
  • University qualification in specialty.
  • Teaching/assessment/ mentoring qualification.
  • Relevant nursing experience within specialty
  • Audit or research experience
  • Teaching and education experience.

Useful to know

Band 6 pay context

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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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Stroke Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 25 September 2026

Job summary

Stroke Specialist Nurse

Are you an experienced and compassionate healthcare professional with a passion for stroke care? To work as a senior skilled member of the nursing team, to provide a high standard of holistic patient centred care for stroke patients. Ability to promote patient centred care and establish good relationships with patients and families/carers. To work in ED and on the stroke unit.

The successful candidate should have a passion for looking after stroke patients, in ED and on the stroke unit. Having no stroke experience should never stop anybody wanting to apply. We are a motivated and enthusiastic team and welcome new colleagues to join us. To succeed in this role you will demonstrate the ability to work alone as well as part of a team and possess sound clinical assessment and communication skills.

Main duties of the job

To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.

To be able to take charge of the unit clinically, in the absence of senior nursing staff and to support junior members of staff to develop their clinical skills and knowledge.

To be able to manage the patient flow within the department with consideration to target delivery and ensuring stroke patients get to the stroke unit within the allo

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