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Specialist Neurological Nurse | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rota for part time) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2025 |
| Location: | Warsop, NG200BP |
| Company: | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7148413/186-489-25-GH |
Summary
The Community Neurological Rehab Service have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and skilled clinician to join our well established team as a Specialist Neurological Nurse.
As a registered nurse you will work as an autonomous practitioner, working collaboratively within an integrated multi-disciplinary team, supported by the Clinical Team Leader. The successful candidate will be motivated, forward thinking, enthusiastic and committed to becoming involved in all aspects of the patient pathway.
You will assist in managing a complex caseload and provide expert assessment and long term condition management for patients with long term neurological conditions. Input will be provided across the disease trajectory from education at onset through to mild and moderate complex disability. Care is delivered in patients own homes/usual place of residence for the adult population of Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark & Sherwood.
You will play a key part in the development of long term condition management within community services and ensuring commissioned targets & Key Performance Indicators are met.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
To provide a defined level of specialist assessment, condition management and access to interventions for patients who present with Long Term Neurological Conditions.
To provide a realistic, timely and occasionally intensive support to patients within their own community setting.
To demonstrate active clinical leadership skills within the team, offering clinical support and advice and providing education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals, if required.
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Are you a registered nurse with experience in neurology looking for a new challenge? If so we would love to hear from you!
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, passionate and dynamic individual to work within our neurological nursing team to support and manage patients living with long term neurological conditions. You will need to possess community nursing knowledge and have some experience of neurological care.
The team are based at Warsop Primary Care Centre and cover the geographical location of Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark & Sherwood. The service operates Monday-Friday 8.00 -5.00pm (excluding bank holidays).
The Community Neuro Team consists of Specialist Nurses, Specialist Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Practitioners and Community Rehab Assistants.
This is an exciting opportunity to join existing teams and help shape services as we move forwards in our planned and proactive care directorate.
We are committed & passionate about promoting health, well-being and independence. We are a values-based Trust and are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic clinicians who believe in the provision of patient-centred care.
As a specialist neurological nurse you will:
Deliver high quality, safe, effective and efficient service to meet the needs of the defined patient group through support, kindness and respect.
You must be an NMC Registered Nurse with Neurological experience and have evidence of continuing professional development, knowledge of working with people with complex physical health problems, to inform and support the clinical care pathways; preferably within a community setting although clinical skills and experience are transferable.
You will need to be highly motivated, have positive effective interpersonal and management skills and a commitment to promote recovery and rehabilitation orientated practice with the aim of preventing unnecessary and reduce hospital admissions in a variety of ways.
You will work closely with other members of the wider MDT, including our acute colleagues, GPs and other health professionals in order to maximise patients quality of life and encouraging self management.
Due to the nature of the post a full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required in order to travel independently across the geographical area; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
For a full range of role responsibilities and duties please refer to the attached job description - please ensure you demonstrate the essential criteria in the Job Description and Person Specification in order to be shortlisted for interview.
We have a depth and breadth of services and teams within the Community Health Services Division of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with many different clinical levels and skills: everyone has a role to play and everyone is highly valued. We love to grow talent and foster innovation from within our team....so if you have ideas, are highly motivated, flexible and open to new experiences and new ways of working...we want to hear from you.
Why choose us?
As a part of the Planned and Proactive Care Directorate, Specialist Services family you can expect to be supported by your colleagues in your work, supported to extend your clinical reasoning and practical clinical skills to enhance your career and have your talent nurtured.
We acknowledge personal and work commitments is sometimes difficult to manage, and we will support people to achieve the right work – life balance through flexible working in a variety of full and part time roles which aim to maintain the health and wellbeing of our workforce.
You will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits Nottshc offer;
Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions)
Pension scheme
Flexible working and job share opportunities
Promotion of a healthy work life balance
Salary sacrifice schemes e.g., public transport loans, cycle schemes
Staff discount schemes e.g., Discounted leisure Centre membership
Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services
Support for carers
Further information regarding Nottshc employee benefits can be found on our website www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Thursday 1 May 2025
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