Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Specialist Nurse

Loros Enterprises Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Part time

Job summary

LOROS The Leicestershire & Rutland Hospice is seeking a Nurse Specialist to lead holistic MND care plans. You will perform home visits, deliver expert interventions, and support patients and carers in collaboration with the MDT.

The role involves telephone advice, nurse-led clinics, and coordination with other services while maintaining excellent records and compliance with policies. Part-time, pro-rata salary reflects 22.5 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with NMC registration and current practice.
• Experience in managing complex care needs and planning.
• Strong communication with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Undertake home visits and holistic need assessments.
• Provide specialist intervention to support patients and carers.
• Act as resource for care teams and external organisations on MND care.
• Provide telephone advice to patients, carers and professionals; plan care accordingly.
• Manage nurse-led MDT meetings and MND clinics.
• Maintain records and ensure compliance with policies and data protection.

Skills

NMC Registration

Holistic assessment

MDT coordination

Clinical leadership

Education

Nurse Specialist qualification

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Undertake home visits and complete holistic specialist needs assessments.

Provide specialist intervention to support patients and carers.

Act as a resource for the primary health care team, other specialist team’s statutory organisations and voluntary organisations on issues relating to the care of patients with MND.

Provide a telephone advice service to patients, carers and professionals. In collaboration with the multi-professional team, plan the provision of care based on a holistic needs assessment.

Manage nurse led MDT meetings and undertake nurse led MND clinics.

Liaise with other staff and departments at the Hospice, and refer to other agencies that can provide additional forms of support for example, MNDA.

In conjunction with other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT), monitor the progress of all MND patients. Provide information to patients and carers to enable them to make informed choices regarding care.

Comply with the NMC code of practice and adhere to all policies and procedures of the Leicestershire & Rutland Hospice.

Comply with Health and Social Care Act 2008/Care Quality Commission.

According to LOROS Hospice Policy and where the Nurse Specialist has undergone training, prescribe medication for patients.

Education

Participate in any relevant training programmes for any professionals or non professionals both within Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland and nationally and as required.

Participate in in-service education programmes and be responsive to external influences and new initiatives.

Participate in education programmes for professional visitors on placement. To participate in the provision for information.

Attends mandatory training and is responsible for developing own personal development plan.

Provide co-support to team colleagues.

Participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice sessions.

Research & Audit

Participate in any multi-professional audit, which evaluates the effectiveness of the care, provided by LOROS Nurse Specialist Team.

Participate in and initiate multi-professional audit.

Be aware of new developments in the care of patients with MND and implement appropriate research based practice.

Keep up to date with current advances in nursing practice and research and to take responsibility for his/her own professional development (PREP) and maintaining registration.

Participate in the development of standards for the MND Nurse Specialists and for the wider CNS team.

Managerial

Be an active member of the LOROS Community Nurse Specialist Team, contributing to team initiatives and developments.

Contribute towards development of strategies for MND services within Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.

Participate in appropriate Multi-professional meetings.

Demonstrate effective day to day planning through efficient management of self, caseload and resources.

Maintain accurate standardised electronic patient records for activity, evaluation, research and audit purposes.

Maintain confidentiality and conform to the Data Protection Act.

Comply with requirements of the Health and safety at Work Act and comply with risk assessments – monitoring and maintaining health, safety and security of self and others.

General

All staff are subject to Equal Opportunities Legislation, the Data Protection Act and LOROS Confidentiality Policy.

To carry out and comply with the prevention and control of infection as per LOROS policies and procedures.

All staff are subject to LOROS policies, procedures and conditions of service, with reference to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.

Co-operate with their employer as far as is necessary to meet the requirements of the legislation.

All staff should be aware of and aim to contribute to LOROS' Vision and Mission and also strive to exhibit the Values & Behaviours at all times.

LOROS aims to be resourced by staff fully trained in all relevant disciplines to deliver our services to our high standard.

Work at LOROS and join an amazing team with some great benefits.

I understand that LOROS will hold and process personal data about me. This information is collected for the purposes of the recruitment and selection process and where necessary, for the conduct of LOROS business. I understand that some of the personal details LOROS will hold about me may be classed as sensitive (such as medical information). I understand that LOROS will not disclose any of my personal information to third parties unless required to do so by law or to meet a statutory obligation, or I have consented to that sharing where necessary. All details will be held securely during the period of time that you are employed at LOROS and for six (6) years after ceasing your employment at which time the records will be destroyed. LOROS is subject to the Data Protection Act 2018 and all applicable law about the processing of personal data and privacy; and will process personal data in accordance with all relevant legislation. I understand that if I am not successful in my application any application document will be kept on file for six (6) months following my application being received; at which point it will be destroyed. *For more information on your rights and what we do with your information, view the LOROS Privacy policy.

Salary - £80,000 pro-rata
22.5 hours per week

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