Neuromuscular Care Advisor and MND Care Coordinator
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 November 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9200-25-1274 |
Summary
To provide support and work closely with the established Neuromuscular Care Advisor for Surrey and the MND Care Coordinator: To assess the holistic needs of adults living with a neuromuscular condition and MND and support the effective delivery of their care. This encompasses medical, social and occupational needs. To enable collaborative working between all clinicians involved in the patients care and the regional neurosciences centre at St Georges Hospital. To act as a single point of contact for persons living with neuromuscular disease in Surrey and those living with MND across the region. To ensure that service users are supported and are empowered to make informed decisions about their care To work as an outreach advice service, signposting and referrer to local resources and community care teams. In rare, complex cases home visits may be required usually combined with local community teams. To maintain a database of patients and service user records To attend the MND MDT across South West London and Surrey (each occurring every 4-6 weeks via MS Teams) To work closely with the Motor Neurone Disease Association and local volunteers Awareness of current clinical trial and to be able to discuss if people are interested in participation. Care co-ordination To provide support and work closely with the established Neuromuscular Care Advisor for Surrey and the MND Care Coordinator: To develop the role as a primary care co-ordinator between GPs, community services, secondary care and specialist neuromuscular care centres To be responsible for co-ordinating individual care by maintaining strong working relationships with relevant health and social care professionals To support the development of individual patient care plans where appropriate. To work within the acute and community neuromuscular MDTs, contributing to the development of the teams objectives and care pathways Advocate for the needs of people with neuromuscular conditions and MND across the network, highlighting their need for specialist, complex MDT support To liaise with the MND Association, regional care advisors and hospice teams to provide extra support. To organise appropriate community or medical support when necessary, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. To facilitate emergency and elective admission and effective discharge as appropriate for patients. Liaise with the community rehabilitation teams to standardise practise across the region in relation to all aspects of care related to people with MND.