Main area: Multiple Sclerosis
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref: 236-SCO-NM204-25
Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Salford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro-rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/04/2025 23:59
Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
This is a fabulous opportunity to specialise in the care of people living with multiple sclerosis. The specialist nurse role in multiple sclerosis is extremely rewarding as you are caring for people in a lifelong professional capacity offering support to the individual and their families while working closely with allied health professionals. We are a large, yet close-knit, team who are fortunate to have access to ongoing education both in the UK and overseas, networking with other MS nurses throughout the UK.
Based at Salford Royal, we work across the Greater Manchester and East Cheshire region with a patient population of approximately 5,500 and have close links with our neurology wards and colleagues.
Main duties of the job
Candidates need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, empathy, resilience to emotionally challenging situations, and organisational abilities to work in an autonomous role.
Once trained, the candidate's typical week will comprise of independently reviewing patients in face-to-face and telephone clinics to address common symptoms that people with multiple sclerosis experience, explore and address lifestyle factors which influence health, be vigilant to blood monitoring related to disease-modifying therapies, and make appropriate referrals to allied health professionals, signposting to charitable organisations. We also have a telephone helpline with each nurse responsible for dealing with enquiries in a prompt manner. The specialist nurses provide a domiciliary service to review patients at home who have progressive multiple sclerosis, rendering them unable to attend hospital appointments.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us, you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
* Nursing degree. Significant post-registration NHS experience.
* Have a nursing degree and substantial post-registration experience of managing patients with acute and chronic neurological conditions within the NHS, OR have substantial post-registration experience as a Band 5 including extensive years’ experience of managing patients with acute or chronic neurological conditions within the NHS.
* NMC Registered Adult Nurse
* MS Development module (MS Trust) or a willingness to complete within 12 months. Evidence of comprehensive and advanced continuing professional development (CPD) maintained in a portfolio including attendance at courses relevant to the specialty.
* Full current valid UK Driving Licence
* Experience & knowledge of MS and its management.
* IT Literacy and ability to utilise trust systems to generate data to assist service development.
* Ability to drive and have access to a car for travel between hospital sites and patients’ homes.
* Autonomous practitioner with a flexible approach to working hours and duties.
* Knowledge of MS treatments, side effects, pre-screening, and monitoring requirements.
* Leadership qualities and willingness to undertake leadership development.
Skills and Experience
* Have a nursing degree and substantial post-registration experience of managing patients with acute and chronic neurological conditions within the NHS, OR have substantial post-registration experience as a Band 5 including extensive years’ experience of managing patients with acute or chronic neurological conditions within the NHS.
* Leadership qualities and willingness to undertake leadership development.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies and will not be liable for fees for candidates submitted speculatively.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible, and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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