Stroke Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The onset of stroke is now recognised as a medical emergency. Patients can now receive thrombolysis, thrombectomy and surgical intervention for haemorrhage. The Hyper Acute Stroke Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurse/AHP who has a keen interest in developing their skills and training to become an Advanced Clinical Practitioner., The unit specialises in the acute care and patient's ongoing rehabilitation is delivered in a different location. Our average length of stay is around 5 days.

Main Duties are:

Holding the Stroke ACP pager on every shift

Managing the stroke pathway to ensure we meet our agreed best practice and Stroke Sentinel National Audit Programme (SSNAP) targets;

Liaising closely with the Emergency Department, neuro radiology, CT, MRI and vascular lab.

Completing patient assessments in ED and requesting scans as necessary.

Developing skills in assisting with mechanical thrombectomy.

Developing and delivering the 4 pillars of advanced clinical practice'

To be responsible for delivering and role modelling high standards of care within an MDT setting. In addition to the 10 Acute Stroke beds, we have 8 Hyper Acute monitored beds, taking patients directly from ED.

To support junior nurses to care for patients post thrombolysis, post mechanical thrombectomy and hemi-craniectomy.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

The role includes clinical long day or night shifts across 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The successful applicant will be one of a team of 8 ACPs covering a 24/7 roster.