Nurse Practitioner

There are stroke specific competencies that the successful applicant will work towards. You will be assigned a nominated assessor and have regular meetings with your clinical supervisor.

You will be able to demonstrate clinical expertise and positive forward thinking leadership skills and have the professional competence to effectively manager operational and clinical incidents.

You will be expected to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to ward rounds and MDT meetings, assessing and clerking patients and attending ED out of hours to assess acute stroke patients. Your skills and expertise will be involved in diagnosing and treating patients and escalating to senior medical team members.

We are inviting applicants with a passion for improving hyper acute stroke care, motivated and enthusiastic with significant post registration experience. The individual should be intent on delivering a high-quality service within this fast paced evolving and exciting unit. Educational opportunities are available for continued professional development along with clinical supervision.

Leadership and Improvement TrainingSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessionso Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean PractitionerThe leadership and improvement programme aims to:o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and
externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.