Lead Stroke Nurse

Salary:     £42,230 per annum

Location:          Hybrid (Home and Hospital site based in Lothian)

Hours:     32.5 hours per week

Department:       Service Delivery/Stroke Nurse Team

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Closing date: Friday 3rd July

Interviews:      Wednesday 22nd July

Everyday people with chest, heart and stroke conditions are leaving the hospital scared and alone. You can be part of our mission to make sure that there is no life half lived in Scotland. 

By joining Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as a Lead Stroke Nurse -Lothian, you can be the difference between people just surviving and really living. 

You will be part of Scotland’s leading charity providing support to people with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live life to the full again. The Stroke Nurse service is part of CHSS Community Healthcare Support services pathway. You will play a pivotal role in leading and continuously developing the CHSS Stroke Nurse service across Lothian. This includes managing and supporting a team of Stroke Nurses to ensure the delivery of a high-quality, effective, and person-centred service. Working closely with fellow CHSS Lead Stroke Nurses, located across Scotland, and local teams, the postholder will foster strong collaboration to deliver a consistent and impactful service across the health board area.

You will build strong, lasting partnerships with key stakeholders to support the delivery of CHSS’s No Life Half Lived #2 strategy, while driving performance, implementing priorities, and leading continuous improvement to achieve meaningful outcomes.

We are seeking an enthusiastic NMC Registered Nurse. Demonstrable experience in a management role and a robust knowledge of one or more of our conditions is essential. Management/Leadership qualification desirable but not essential. 

This is a hybrid role, with regular travel across Lothian and occasional travel throughout Scotland.

CHSS employees enjoy a variety of organizational benefits including Company pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, company sick pay, employee welfare support and life assurance.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, this role is subject to a PVG check. CHSS is committed to equality of opportunity and to providing a service which is free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We therefore aim to ensure that no applicant, volunteer or member of staff is unfairly treated on the grounds of offending background.

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