Community Neuro Specialist Practitioner - MND | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Brighton, BN2 3EW |
| Cwmni: | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7809200/150-MT2477-CC |
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We are looking for a Specialist Community Neuro Practitioner to work in the Brighton and Hove area, working with MND patients.
Working as an autonomous practitioner, you will implement and evaluate specialist care and support plans, using advanced knowledge and skills for people with motor neurone disease (MND)
As a specialist practitioner you will act as a source of expert advice, clinical leadership, and education across the system.
You will be supported in your role by a Band 4 assistant, and a part time administrator. Peer support is available from the wider Neuro specialist services across the Trust.
a) To be responsible for a caseload of patients with MND, acting as the main point of contact for the patient, families and carers
b) Conduct advanced clinical assessments within your professional scope to support differential diagnosis and initiate treatment plans.
c) To identify, develop and review policies within MND, benchmarking the service against NICE guidance relevant to a range of neurological conditions. To work within SCFT policies and guidance
d) To organise and prioritise specialty service projects assisting senior service managers in the development of the specialist service
e) Act as a mentor and/or clinical educator to junior team members, students, and support staff in line with your professional registration requirements.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Main tasks
a) Perform advanced assessments, where appropriate to the profession, utilising specialist tools, and evidence-based methods to support diagnosis and treatment planning.
b) Routinely consult with primary/secondary/community and other agencies involved in the management of patients with specialist needs.
c) To manage caseloads ensuring a timely response to patients and colleagues/partners.
d) To ensure that you are working to agreed service specifications and specialist standards of care.
e) To prepare performance reports in line with agreed service key performance indicators.
f) To provide timely specialist advice and support to patients, their relatives, and carers, other SCFT staff and our colleagues and partners in primary/secondary and third sector organisations.
g) To design, deliver and evaluate education and training programmes delivered to patients, staff, and partners.
h) To work as a specialist member of the MDT ensuring specialist clinical support is accessible and responsive to patients, their carers, and colleagues.
i) Promote, monitor, and maintain best practice standards and health, safety and security within the specialist service.
Main responsibilities
a) To be responsible for a caseload of patients with MND, acting as the main point of contact for the patient, families and carers
b) Conduct advanced clinical assessments within your professional scope to support differential diagnosis and initiate treatment plans.
c) To identify, develop and review policies within MND, benchmarking the service against NICE guidance relevant to a range of neurological conditions. To work within SCFT policies and guidance
d) To organise and prioritise specialty service projects assisting senior service managers in the development of the specialist service
e) Act as a mentor and/or clinical educator to junior team members, students, and support staff in line with your professional registration requirements.
f) To support the effective use of resources within the specialist neuro service by contributing to informed financial decision-making. This includes working collaboratively with the designated budget holder to support financial planning, cost improvement initiatives, and service efficiencies. The post holder is also responsible for ensuring the appropriate registration, maintenance, and safe use of equipment, including the upkeep of asset and maintenance registers relevant to their area of responsibility. To work with the trust research & development dept and partners in conducting and evaluating research and audit activity within the speciality
g) To work across other services within SCFT in response to operational challenges ensuring practice is within sphere of competence i) Where the post holder holds a valid Independent or Supplementary Prescribing qualification (e.g., for nurses, physiotherapists, or pharmacists), they may undertake prescribing responsibilities in line with their professional competence, scope of practice, local clinical guidelines, and Trust policy. Prescribing must relate only to patients within the practitioner’s own Community Neuro Specialist Practitioner caseload. Non-medical prescribers (NMPs) remain personally accountable for their prescribing decisions and are responsible for maintaining safe practice, staying up to date, and working strictly within their individual level of clinical competence.
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Mar 2026