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Job overview

This is a fabulous opportunity to specialise in the care of people living with multiple sclerosis. The specialist nurse role in multiple sclerosis is extremely rewarding as you are caring for people in a lifelong professional capacity offering support to the individual and their families working closely with allied health professionals. We are a large, yet close knit, team who are fortunate to have access to ongoing education both in the UK and overseas networking with other MS nurses throughout the UK.

Based at Salford Royal, we work across the Greater Manchester and East Cheshire region with a patient population of approximately 5,500 and have close links with our neurology wards and colleagues. 

Main duties of the job

Candidates need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, empathy, resilience to emotionally challenging situations and organisational abilities to work in an autonomous role. 

Once trained, the candidates typical week will comprise of independently reviewing patients in face to face and telephone clinics to address common symptoms that people with multiple sclerosis experience, explore and address lifestyle factors which influence health, be vigilant to blood monitoring related to disease modifying therapies and make appropriate referrals to allied health professionals signposting to charitable organisations. We also have a telephone helpline with each nurse responsible for dealing with enquiries in a prompt manner.  The specialist nurses provide a domiciliary service to review patients at home who have progressive multiple sclerosis rendering them unable to attend hospital appointments. 

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.