Clinical Nurse Specialist - Neurology Services

Job summary

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We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and forward-thinking Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our Neurology team. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic clinician who is passionate about delivering expert, patient-centred care and advancing specialist practice within a rapidly evolving field.

As a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will provide advanced clinical expertise, leadership, and support to patients living with a range of neurological conditions. You will act as an autonomous practitioner, offering specialist assessment, complex care planning, and ongoing management across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.

This role is ideal for a nurse who thrives on clinical challenge, values collaborative working, and is committed to improving outcomes and experiences for people with neurological disorders. You will play a pivotal role in service development, education, and quality improvement, helping to shape and enhance the neurology pathway for the future.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver expert clinical assessment, advice, and management for patients with neurological conditions.

• Work autonomously while collaborating closely with consultants, AHPs, and wider MDT colleagues.

• Provide specialist education, support, and counselling to patients, families, and carers.

• Lead and contribute to service development initiatives, audits, and evidence-based practice improvements.

• Act as a clinical resource for nursing teams, offering training, mentorship, and professional leadership.

• Support smooth patient pathways, ensuring timely access to specialist care and continuity across settings.

• Participate in research, innovation, and the development of clinical guidelines.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive

Vision, mission and values :: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre