Spinal Cord Injury Outreach Specialist

St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Spinal Acute Outreach Practitioner to provide information, advice, support, assessment, and follow-up for patients with spinal cord injury. You will link NWRSIC with regional teams, lead patient pathways, and contribute to education and research across the organisation.

The role includes strategic overview of patient need and bed capacity, with lead responsibilities in each pathway and a commitment to ongoing professional

Qualifications

• Clinical experience in spinal cord injury or related area.
• Ongoing continuing professional development.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide information, advice and support to in-patients and out-patients and their relatives and carers.
• Lead in patient pathways and bed capacity planning with NWRSIC and partners across the region.
• Develop and monitor teaching programmes for NWRSIC staff, carers and external agencies.
• Coordinate liaison between services and ensure timely pre-admission care, intervention and discharge planning.
• Support nursing/AHP staff with education, supervision and mentoring.

Skills

Communication skills

Data analysis

IT skills

Clinical assessment and care planning

Research and audit

Education

Nurse registration / HCPC registration

Degree in health related area

Job description

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Spinal Acute Outreach Practitioner to provide information, advice, support, assessment, and follow-up for patients with spinal cord injury. You will link NWRSIC with regional teams, lead patient pathways, and contribute to education and research across the organisation.

The role includes strategic overview of patient need and bed capacity, with lead responsibilities in each pathway and a commitment to ongoing professional