Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate clinician to join our multidisciplinary team as a Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Coordinator.
As a Band 7 MND Coordinator, you will lead the coordination of care for patients with MND, supporting them and their families throughout their journey. You will work closely with neurologists, specialist nurses, allied health professionals, palliative care teams and external agencies to deliver integrated, patient-centred care.
The Sheffield Care and Research Centre for Motor Neuron Disorders is a leading centre of excellence, serving patients across South Yorkshire, North East Derbyshire, and North East Lincolnshire.
The post of MND Care Coordinator offers the opportunity to provide clinical leadership and care coordination alongside innovative service improvement and quality assurance and regional pathway development, education and training.
We are looking for someone with excellent communication, coordination and leadership skills who is compassionate, proactive and resilient, with a strong commitment to patient-centred care.
If you are a Registered Nurse or AHP (Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Dietician, Speech and Language Therapist) with a relevant clinical qualification with current NMC/HCPC registration and significant post-registration experience, ideally with experience in neurology, palliative care or long-term condition management we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The MND Care Coordinator is the senior clinical role responsible for coordinating and improving care for patients with Motor Neuron Disease who attend the Sheffield MND Care and Research Centre.
They will be responsible for developing a strong focus on innovative service development, care coordination through the care pathway and addressing inequalities of care.
This role requires advanced clinical skills, leadership abilities, educational skills and a commitment to service improvement and staff development as well as the ability to deliver specialist care autonomously within an MDT setting with consultant neurologist indirect supervision.
To act as the lead specialist for the MND service taking responsibility for provision of specialist advice across the service and other professional colleagues, including service, business and strategic planning.
To act as a specialist resource / independent practitioner managing a defined caseload of patients within the agreed scope of practice.
To take a lead of delivery of education and training for the directorate and wider MDT across professional groups.
To lead change and innovation through service audit and evaluation and, in response to this develop new services in a way which promotes change for the benefit of patient care within the objectives of the business and service plan.
To develop and contribute to the development of research proposals and implement studies.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse or AHP (PT,OT, Dietican, SLT)
2. Masters level qualification in relevant specialist area OR equivalent knowledge gained through post-graduate level study, short courses and extensive experience at a senior level relevant to the specialist area to a level 7 standard
3. To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
4. Post registration education relevant to the role
5. Recognised Counselling qualifications/skills or willing to undertake
Desirable criteria
6. Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience
7. Leadership development programme completion
8. Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
9. Extensive experience at AFC band 6 (or equivalent)
10. Relevant experience caring for people with long term conditions in relevant clinical area
11. Able to work effectively both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, crossing professional and organisational boundaries
12. Computer literacy skills including knowledge of databases, power point and word Processing and patient record systems
13. Supervision and line management of staff including appraisal.
14. Demonstrable post-registration experience including experience / knowledge of service management / planning and delivery
15. Experience of successful multiagency working and stakeholder management
Desirable criteria
16. Substantial post-registration experience, including significant experience in MND or neurology
17. Experience in Clinical Governance, audit, teaching and training, project management and quality improvement methodologies
18. Previous experience of caring for people with MND
Further training
Essential criteria
19. Proven management and leadership skills and experience.
20. Ability to work autonomously as well as part of MDT.
Desirable criteria
21. Experience of successful multiagency working and stakeholder management
Special skills/ Apptitude
Essential criteria
22. Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
23. Evidence of continuing professional development
24. Enhanced time management and organisational skills
25. Enhanced communication skills with all stakeholders, colleagues and patients
26. To be able to work as an autonomous practitioner, managing and prioritising own case load according to local guidelines and identified need, in a variety of settings, exercising high levels of judgment, discretion, problem solving and decision making in clinical care
27. Ability to work under pressure acting as a role model for other health care professionals
28. Good computer/IT skills
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.
Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.
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If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
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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
29. MND Care Coordinator Job Description (PDF, 144.4KB)
30. MND Care Coordinator Person Specification (PDF, 88.7KB)
31. Candidate Application Best Practice Guide - please read before completing your application (PDF, 236.3KB)
32. Information for Candidates (PDF, 496.3KB)
33. Getting to Work at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (PDF, 501.0KB)
34. Applicants - How We Use Your Information (PDF, 87.4KB)
35. Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 124.0KB)
36. Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.7MB)
37. A Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence and With Your Personal Statement (PDF, 163.6KB)
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Further details / informal visits contact
NameNina MarshallJob titleClinical Manager Neurology Nurse SpecialistsEmail addressnina.marshall2@nhs.netTelephone number01142268564