CNS,Highly Specialised Physiotherapist,OT Neurological Rehabilitation

at  Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Highly Specialised Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist in Neurological Rehabilitation
Are you interested in neurology and want to develop your career in a specialist role? If so, this is the opportunity to work within a small, dynamic team leading the care of adults with a wide range of acquired neurological conditions in the Winchester, Eastleigh and Andover area.
It offers you the chance to work as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting with flexible working patterns and the option of home-based working.
The patient group includes those with neurological conditions such as motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis. There is a neuropalliative care element to the role with the opportunity of working closely with colleagues in palliative care.
You will get to know your patients and their families very well and this will allow you to offer continuity of care throughout the disease trajectory. You will be supported by the clinical nurse specialists and occupational therapist within the service as well as the consultant neurologists.
Your continuing professional development is important to us and educational opportunities will be made available.
We are looking to appoint to a 3 day per week part time vacancy. You will be joining the Neurological Rehabilitation Service at a Band 6 or 7 depending on your qualifications and level of experience.
ou will manage your own caseload and you will conduct holistic assessments and develop management plans to meet the specialist needs of your patients. You will be responsible for case management and developing your clinical skills to optimise expert care to your patients. You will also be expected to provide educational support to patients, their families and professionals.
An integral part of the role will be to continue to develop close working relationships with other NHS providers and statutory organisations to ensure that the needs of patients and their families are met.
You will be actively involved in the continued development of the service. You will also need to demonstrate leadership and initiative as well as the ability to develop and sustain good working relationships with multi-professional colleagues and peers.
You will have a full, current driving license and have access to a car.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached

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