Trainee Clinical Specialist in Motor Neuron Disease Nurse Specialist in Canterbury

Do you remember the ice bucket challenge? Have you a special interest in Motor Neurone Disease (MND)? This is an exciting opportunity to join the MND team in East Kent. We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, motivated individual who has a special interest in MND and would like to continue to develop the service with the existing team. We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Band 7 Specialist Nurse. The specialist service supports people and their families diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). This role includes the ongoing development of a seamless specialist service ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care and have access to the full resources of the multi-disciplinary team from diagnosis to end of life.

Main duties of the job:

• The post-holder will be a key worker/co-ordinator working collaboratively across teams and specialities trust wide additionally, with community colleagues and those external to the NHS.
• The post-holder will act as an autonomous nurse specialist to continue to develop and deliver the MND service with the existing team. This will include telephone, face to face and inpatient assessments and reviews across East Kent at various venues.

Working for our organisation:

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

The post holder will work at an enhanced level of practice utilising highly developed post graduate experience, knowledge and skills in Neurology specialty. They will manage discrete aspects of a patient’s care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, within their current level of practice and patient group, aligned to the four pillars of practice and aligned to Trust policy, ‘Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Level Practice- Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).’ The postholder will contribute to improve the quality of care to patients.

The post will be characterised by the four pillars of practice:

• Evidence, Research and Development

The trainee clinical Nurse specialist will provide specialist advice using clinical reasoning and accountable decision-making as a practitioner with enhanced practice skills and knowledge which promotes evidence-based clinical practice after completing formal six month competencies and MNDA training program.

Person specification:

• Flexibility within the needs of the service
• Commitment to equity and diversity
• Role models Trust values
• Demonstration of self motivation, adaptability and positivity
• Car driver/full driving licence

Governance:

• Demonstrate an understanding and involvement in clinical governance and service development
• Understanding and use of NICE guidelines and national policies in practice
• Demonstrate use of quality improvement tools
• Experience of quality improvement projects and writing reports to support
• Experience of implementing and evaluating quality service improvements

Knowledge skills and experience:

• Significant post graduate healthcare experience to a band 7 level
• Demonstrable experience in Neurology and specifically MND experience
• Experience of working with patients to resolve concerns and conflict
• Evidence of effective networking in healthcare
• Evidence of supervision and delivering training
• Experience of presentation skills (staff and public)
• Experience of assessing patients

Qualifications:

• Current NMC registrations
• Formal teaching and mentoring qualification
• Evidence of Continual professional development within Neurology and MND
• Degree relevant to professional registration and area of clinical practice.
• NHS leadership skills

Personal attributes:

• Ability to work within a team with shared visions
• Evidence of writing objectives and shared visions
• Demonstration of self awareness and critical reflection
• Demonstration of problem solving skills and analytical skills individually and within team

The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework. We’ll close this job advert once we’ve received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on 01227 866450 who are happy to help. We have a relocation policy for eligible candidates, parking available at Trust sites but we encourage other options, like car sharing or public transport. The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust’s People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements. The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer facing roles. Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check. Applicants for eligible roles requiring Tier 2 sponsorship must meet UK Visas and Immigration eligibility criteria. We operate a no-smoking policy on all our sites and grounds. You can search for and apply for roles directly on our website. If you are applying via NHS Jobs your application will be sent to our recruitment system TRAC. All subsequent information will be generated from TRAC so you won’t be able to see the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs and we won’t be able to respond to e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post you are agreeing to us transferring your application and details to our system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records. Good luck with your application, we’ll contact you via email so please check your junk/spam folders.