# Stroke Specialist Nurse - ESSD Service > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/stroke-specialist-nurse-essd-service/1dbd6675-5119-4000-a589-133deac03d03 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/stroke-specialist-nurse-essd-service/1dbd6675-5119-4000-a589-133deac03d03.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Chesterfield - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Service operates Monday - Friday.) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-17T09:52:03.659Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/ChapelenleFrith/Derbyshire_Community_Health_Services_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Stroke_Specialist_Nurse/Stroke_Specialist_Nurse-v8163707 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8163707?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dchs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join a New Early Supported Stroke Discharge (ESSD) Team High Peak & North Dales Do you have the clinical skills, passion and experience to make a real difference in stroke rehabilitation? Are you excited by the opportunity to help shape a brand-new, community-based service from the very beginning? About the role We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and motivated Stroke Specialist Nurse to join our newly established Early Supported Stroke Discharge (ESSD) team, delivering care across High Peak and North Dales. This is a rare opportunity to be part of the development of a new service, working in line with the established and highly regarded ESSD model used across Derbyshire. You will play a key role in enabling people to leave hospital earlier and recover safely and effectively in their own homes, delivering high‑quality, evidence‑based stroke rehabilitation. What you’ll be part of - A supportive, friendly and progressive ESSD service - The wider Stroke and Neurology Service within DCHS - A multidisciplinary team with a strong commitment to patient‑centred, evidence‑based care - A service that places training, development and staff wellbeing at its heart Why join us? This post is part of exciting county-wide work to improve the stroke pathway across Derbyshire. You will be joining something truly meaningful at a pivotal moment, helping to shape how stroke rehabilitation is delivered to our communities. ### Main duties of the job To provide nursing expertise within the multi-disciplinary ESSD team. This includes acting as an expert practitioner, liaising, guiding and advising the multidisciplinary team and external agencies in the provision of optimum nursing care for stroke patients on the ESSD pathway To facilitate person centred care, enabling people with stroke to manage their condition effectively and independently, preventing complications and improving quality of life. To participate in the development of effective, responsive, evidence based and patient centred services. To assist and or lead on specific projects in agreement with the Team Leader and Operational Lead for the Service. To work in close collaboration with other teams providing stroke care, and with partners across health and social care in locality, to support the delivery of effective ESSD services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa’s and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)”​ Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.   To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site.  You will need to register if you do not already have an account. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Experience of working with stroke patients - Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team - Ability to assess, manage and provide nursing interventions to patients following stroke - Experience of psychological impact of stroke and ability to undertake appropriate mood assessments - Experience of working/liaising with and supporting families and carers ### Knowledge **Essential** - Minimum 2 years post graduate experience - Evidence of working in stroke rehabilitation **Desirable** - Minimum 1 year working in a community setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Adult Nursing - NMC registered - Post graduate experience and training in Stroke Nursing Care ## Documents - [application guidance (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2565) - [essd nurse job description (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10464836) - [essd nurse job description & person specification (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10464837) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.