Job Overview
The post holder will develop, implement and evaluate a seamless community MS/PD specialist service ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care and that specialist advice, education and support to health professionals and patients is provided. The post holder will drive service development, audits and research within the Community Neuro service. They will have highly developed clinical expertise enabling them to plan, deliver and co-ordinate complex care in routine and non-routine circumstances to ensure that the needs of the person with MS/PD are best served.
They will work collaboratively with the established Primary Care Networks, ensuring cohesive leadership across the three localities and they will be link with the upcoming Neighbourhood Health Hubs.
The post holder will be an integral part of the West Essex Neighbourhood model, working in partnership with other stakeholders to meet the needs of the local population using public health information/population management to support service development. In addition they will work closely with the Virtual Hospital and Care Co-ordination Centre (CCC) to prevent hospital admission, facilitate hospital discharges and ensure care is delivered in the right place at the right time.
The main focus will be on integration to ensure the service is of the highest quality, by supporting the Neighbourhood Operational Leads in implementing and monitoring the clinical and management strategy for the service.
Main duties of the job
- Work jointly with the acute MS/PD team to contribute to a seamless service for patient's
- Function autonomously in an adept manner to assess, manage, plan and implement treatment tailored to individual patients across the PD/MS disease spectrum in both routine and non-routine circumstances.
- Demonstrate an equitable service through audit and clinical effectiveness
- Employ a collaborative approach with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure care for patients and their families is effectively coordinated and their needs are met.
- Continually develop and update knowledge and highly specialist skills to maintain specialist competence and ensure delivery of evidence based care
- Maintain the MS/PD patient caseload including acceptance of appropriate referrals, triage, waiting times and discharging patients to a dormant caseload when active input is no longer required
- To develop, deliver and evaluate a plan of care relating to symptom management, which will include assessment, planning, implementing, reviewing and documenting care plans in agreement with the person with MS/PD. This will include but not exhaustive of ordering diagnostic tests and making referrals.
Working for our organisation
Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.
- Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
- Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
- If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
Benefits
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
- Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
- Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
- £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us (subject to terms and conditions)
- Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
Work that wraps around your needs
- Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.
Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.
Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.
Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.