ME/CFS Clinical Nurse Specialist VR

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Fife (WA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Fife HSCP is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to lead a Fife-wide ME/CFS community service. You will assess, manage and develop personalised self-management plans, with patient consultations via Near Me, Tel, home visits and locality clinics.

You will deliver regular education to GP practices and clinicians, coordinate with other NHS Fife services, and drive service redesign using clinical IT systems. Travel across Fife is required.

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC (UK) and current practice.
• Direct experience with ME/CFS patients in a rehabilitation context.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage ME/CFS patients in a Fife-wide community service.
• Deliver education sessions to General Practice and clinicians.
• Coordinate care with NHS Fife services and modernise the service using IT systems.

Skills

NMC Registration

ME/CFS experience

Community nursing

IT skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

Nursing degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join NHS Fife HSCP as a lone Clinician providing a Fife wide community service to patients who have been given a diagnosis of ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) by their GP or Consultant. Using evidenced based best practice and working within the 4 pillars of advanced practice you will assess, manage and provide patients with individualised self- management plans, with the aim of improving quality of life and health outcomes. Patient Consultations will be via Near Me video consultation, Tel consultation, home visit and locality clinics. An important part of this role will be delivering regular education sessions to General Practice and other Clinicians across NHS Fife to increase awareness of the condition and promote best practice. You will also work closely with other NHS Fife services that support patients with aspects of their ME/CFS to coordinate patient care and improve referral pathways. You will modernise and redesign the ME/CFS service using available clinical IT systems to increase the efficiency and reduce current patient wait times. It is desirable but not essential that the successful applicant has previous experience working within a community/HSCP setting and in change management or service redesign. It is essential to this that the successful applicant has:

• 1st level Nurse Registration with the NMC
• Significant demonstrable experience working directly with patients with multiple co morbidities and ME/CFS patients within a rehabilitation environment.
• Knowledge that facilitates interpretation of blood results investigations
• Understanding of developing national health agendas relevant to ME/CFS and the wider system
• Ability to reliably and efficiently travel across Fife
• Proficient in use of Microsoft office packages including power point and excel
• Experience in managing behavior change relevant and CBT qualification.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills
• Demonstrate the ability to work as a member of the wider Health and Social Care Team
• The ability to work autonomously using own initiative
• Excellent clinical judgment and decision making skills
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Prior achievement of UK recognised ME/ CFS accredited Course.
• You will be educated to degree level minimum with evidence of working towards MSc within a relevant clinical area.

The successful candidate will be expected to attend interview on location in Fife and be prepared to deliver a short presentation as part of the Interview. Informal Enquiries: Emma McAuley, Interim Lead Nurse for Community Specialist Teams on tel [phone] or [e-mail] A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own.

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