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Community Multiple sclerosis nurse specialist/practitioner

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

As a Community Multiple Sclerosis nurse/practitioner you will be working alongside a B7 Community Nurse Specialist to actively manage the community caseload who have multiple sclerosis.

You will be expected to attend outpatient clinics, complete home visits covering a large area across the north east of Hampshire and Surrey.

You will be supported by the B7 Clinical nurse specialist with great opportunities to develop additional skills and undertake further continuous professional development.

You must be a car driver with access to a vehicle for work, mileage expenses are claimable via the trust expenses system.

Main duties of the job

To visit patients in their own homes who have a MS diagnosis who have been referred to the community MS team.

To undertake outpatient clinic appointments in various settings.

To undertake virtual consultations.

Working in conjunction with the B7 MS nurse develop the service.

Liaise with GP's, PCN's.

Refer to other services when appropriate or clinically indicated for the patients on the caseload.

Link with the secondary care, nurse consultant and neuro team.

About us

There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.

Date posted

24 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,162 to £44,629 a year Pro rata per annum including HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

151-DV00301

Job locations

Farnham Centre for health

Hale Road

Farnham

GU9 9QS


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to job description and person specification for additional information relating to the job advertised.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to job description and person specification for additional information relating to the job advertised.

Person Specification

Expereince

Essential

  • RNA qualification or AHP qualification
  • MS course
  • Evidence of wanting to further develop skills and knowledge in MS
  • I.T Skills, evidence of using electronic patient records

Desirable

  • Evidence of wanting to further develop skills and knowledge
  • Previous experience in community setting or clinic setting
Person Specification

Expereince

Essential

  • RNA qualification or AHP qualification
  • MS course
  • Evidence of wanting to further develop skills and knowledge in MS
  • I.T Skills, evidence of using electronic patient records

Desirable

  • Evidence of wanting to further develop skills and knowledge
  • Previous experience in community setting or clinic setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Farnham Centre for health

Hale Road

Farnham

GU9 9QS


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Farnham Centre for health

Hale Road

Farnham

GU9 9QS


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Community Matron

Kelly Gray

kellygray@nhs.net

07557926032

Date posted

24 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,162 to £44,629 a year Pro rata per annum including HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

151-DV00301

Job locations

Farnham Centre for health

Hale Road

Farnham

GU9 9QS


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