Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (To work on a flexible rota system, covering 7 days a week)
- Job ref
- 201-26-330
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
- Town
- Camborne
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/04/2026
Employer heading
Stroke Specialist Nurse
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The Stroke Specialist Nurse (SSN) will work across 7 days on a rotational basis, as a key member of the Integrated Community Stroke Service Team to ensure all patients in a defined area who have had a stroke, or TIA have access to specialist assessment and associated care.
Service Aims:
• Improve management and assessment of risk factors for patients with stroke/TIA
• Improvement of long-term care for patients with stroke/TIA management
• Early identification and management of stroke related complications
• Reduce acute admissions
• Improving access to other services
• Providing advice and signposting to counselling
The SSN will monitor progress, provide follow up and risk assessment, recognise new symptoms related to stroke (and refer to specialties as necessary) and continue to provide ongoing advice and support in relation to stroke, and TIA.
The successful candidate will be supported by our Practice Educator for Stroke and the ICSS Stroke Team.
Proposed interview date: 21 April 2026
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for stroke and TIA patients, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives in a variety of environments
including, home, hospital, clinic, virtual.
To work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice.
To support the role of the stroke locality Team leader and ICSS Team members.
To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence-based stroke care in line with proficiencies and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
To support the ICSS team by working in a flexible way.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
- Cornwall Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Current Professional Registration - NMC
- Post Registration training in stroke or willingness to undertake
- Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake
- An awareness of the political agenda and national policy and guidelines which impact on own area
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with stroke patients as part or all of caseload
- Experience of working as a self-directed practitioner with responsibility for managing own caseload
- Substantial professional registration in adult nursing
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Stevens
- Job title
- West Locality Specialist Stroke Nurse Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01209 318120
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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