Clinical Nurse Specialist - Hyperacute Stroke Nursing

Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

8/11/2025

• Are you an experienced nurse from acute stroke/neurology/cardiology/ITU-HDU setting looking for a new challenge in senior clinical role?
• Are you passionate about providing excellent care and take pride in own professional practice whilst leading on a team?
• Are you a highly motivated nurse looking for an opportunity for career progression and leadership development?
• Are you a proactive person able to work well with a range of professionals under complex situations and team dynamic with optimism?
  
  

If you answered ‘Yes’ to the above, you are what we are looking for!

This is an exciting time to join the Acute Stroke Service in the East Kent University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust (EKHUFT)! Our service is expanding to a brand new 54 bedded purpose built new acute stroke service re-located at the William Harvey Hospital in 2027 and system funded local stroke Mechanical Thrombectomy service at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. In preparation for all these service developments, we are now uplifting our stroke nursing workforce to continue providing one of the best stroke cares in the country. We have an opportunity for you to join our wonderful team of hyperacute nurses! This post includes 60% clinical work with 40% management-leadership work and working pattern of 5/7.

The post-holder will be a front-line lead for hyperacute Stroke Nursing Team. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner working within the Stroke Scope of Practice and is responsible for providing clinical, operational and day-day support to the team. Within the clinical activities, you will be responding to all urgent stroke calls, facilitating rapid assessment, timely stroke diagnosis and commencing appropriate hyperacute care protocol to eligible individuals for treatment targets. The role will be responsible for ensuring robust rota and 24/7 staffing cover is available within HASU and stroke Front Door with timely escalation to the stroke matron when required. The post holder is expected to form a strong collaborative working relationship with wider stroke MDT to ensure consistent comprehensive hyperacute care is provided to the service user. And be a transformational and compassionate leader with high visibility within the team.

The post holder is expected to rotate between ward-base (HASU) and front-door 5/7. This person will be expected to provide clinical supervision, work with stroke Clinical Educator to form a strong teaching-learning environment and have a robust PDP for self and for staffs under the line management responsibility. The post holder will play a crucial role in consistent achievement of stroke specific national and local quality standards including robust documentations to support the local and national stroke audits.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carly Searl Job title: Stroke workforce lead Email address: [email protected]

Mala Rai

Stroke lead nurse

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