Staff Nurse - Stroke Unit

Frimley, England, United Kingdom

7/19/2025

Job Overview

Staff Nurse (x2 positions)

Location: Frimley Park Hospital – G3 Stroke Unit

Unit Description

G3 Stroke Unit is a dynamic 28-bedded ward, comprising 12 hyper-acute stroke beds and 16 acute/rehabilitation beds. The unit is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care across the full stroke pathway.

Our Vision

We aspire to provide exceptional clinical, developmental, and patient-centred care with a strong multidisciplinary focus. Our aim is to support each patient in achieving the best possible recovery outcomes through compassionate and individualized care.

Why Join Us

Be part of a dedicated and supportive team with opportunities for professional development

Work in a fast-paced and rewarding clinical environment

Contribute to innovative stroke care practices within a well-respected NHS Trust

We welcome applications from both experienced nurses and newly qualified nurses who are passionate about stroke care and eager to develop their skills in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Main duties of the job

You will work alongside the MDT to provide evidence based care to our Stroke patients, working across acute and rehab.

We can offer you a range of development opportunities to support you in this role.

There is also support from a dedicated Clinical Practice Educator who provides support to all our staff and can focus on any specific training requirements you may have.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for the full job description and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Acute hospital experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Post reg experience in a Stroke Care setting
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Wide range of clinical skills – venepuncture, cannulation, drug administration, catheterisation, ECG
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult/stressful situations effectively
• Basic keyboard skills and basic use of IT packages (Word, excel, power point)
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Teaching and training skills
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing education and professional development
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Degree level registration
  
  

Special Requirements

Essential criteria

• To be able to work both day and night shifts
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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