Job overview

This is an exciting new post in the clinical headache service to cover maternity leave, managing and treating patients suffering from headache disorders. 

Much of the clinical work will involve helping run the Botox service for chronic migraine and supporting patients with headache disorders with NICE approved treatments.

Main duties of the job

1)    Provide specialist advice, support, assessment, planning and implementation of headache care in a holistic manner.  This will involve effective communication with various individuals and groups on complex, potentially stressful, topics in a range of situations

2)    Work closely with members of the headache team (HT) and multi - disciplinary professional team.

3)    Ensure that patients receive seamless care within the trust and community.

4)    Enhance and help develop the existing service, using evidence-based knowledge, theory and practice, in order to deliver a high standard of cost effective care to patients affected by headache.

5)    To Support specialist education and training programmes for other staff and learners in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.

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.