Clinical Lead Nurse Specialist - Stroke / ABI Coordinator

This is an exciting new opportunity within the Integrated Stroke Early Supported Discharge and Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service. We are seeking a highly motivated band 7 Nurse with a special interest in Stroke. The Integrated service provides both stroke and community neuro rehabilitation, supporting service users with a variety of complex needs. This role requires the successful candidate to work in a clinical lead capacity in the service, developing stroke pathways but will also hold a clinical caseload undertaking specialist assessments of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using advanced, specialist clinical reasoning skills. In addition, the successful candidate will work in partnership with the existing ABI Coordinator to ensure the smooth running of the Level 2 ABI Pathway., You will use your clinical skills and knowledge to shape the service, support others in their development. You will work closely with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team and assist the Locality Team Lead with service development. You willbe involved as neededin the complaints process and serious incidents reviews. You will provide comprehensive assessments, identifying the patient needs, agree a treatment plan and provide appropriate interventions relating to their physical, functional, psychological and cognitive needs. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team in supporting patients with physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs to achieve their potential. We pride ourselves on the development of our workforce and provide a variety of internal and external training opportunities. The successful post holder will receive and provide clinical supervision and an annual appraisal. The ideal candidate should be flexible and adaptable to support service delivery.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence

• and have use of a vehicle. You cannot usepublic transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria., The successful post holder must be able to travel independently across their work locality, have a valid driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.
  
  Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.