Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Community based Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse Team to appoint a Band 6 Multiple Sclerosis Nurse. The base of the successful candidate will be determined on appointment. Working across Northumberland the post holder will work with the Specialist Multiple Sclerosis Nurse and MS Nurses to deliver a comprehensive specialist clinical service for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS), with an emphasis on patient centred care and symptom management. The post holder will be expected to promote integrated care, working across services and Trusts to ensure quality of service and adherence to local and national standards. The post holder will be able to demonstrate the ability to act autonomously, where necessary, within a small team with the appropriate level of clinical supervision from the Specialist Nurse Team Manager. The post holder will be a First Level live NMC Registered Nurse with a professional degree or equivalent experience. They will have experience of co-ordinating care for people with long term conditions and/or multiple sclerosis in a variety of settings. The post holder will be expected to attend a week long residential Development Module in Clinical MS and to attend further training as required. Participation in the education and teaching of people affected by MS and Health and Social Care Professionals will be expected.
Responsibilities
* To support the provision of a specialist nurse resource for individuals with Multiple Sclerosis, their relatives & carers, members of the general public, health professionals and statutory & voluntary bodies.
* Promotion of integrated care, ensuring quality of service and adherence to local and national standards.
* Ability to act autonomously within a small team with the appropriate level of clinical supervision from the specialist nurse team lead.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!
Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Responsibilities (cont.)
* Deliver a community based, comprehensive, specialist clinical service for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS), with an emphasis on patient centred care and symptom management.
* To provide people affected by MS and Health and Social Care Professionals with support, education, advice and information in order to manage the condition effectively.
* To provide a timely response to acute exacerbations of, or continued progression of MS and co-ordinate the appropriate level of care to enable them to remain at home wherever possible.
* To assist the MS specialist nurse in the monitoring & review of patients in Northumberland who may be eligible for disease modifying treatments.
* To assist in the facilitation and delivery of early supported discharge for people with MS.
* Ensure accurate documentation and patient records are maintained in line with organisational policy & NMC standards.
* Participate in regular audit/research evaluating practice and participate in local and national research projects.
* To support the MS Specialist Nurse in the development and delivery of specialist training & education in MS to people affected by MS, health professionals, allied health professionals, social care staff and students.
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