Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 160-7229718-B
- Employer
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £39,959 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Neurology Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated nurse to join our Integrated Neurology Nurse Specialist team based at The Walton Centre working across community satellite clinics and home visits.
We are seeking a Band 7 Neurology Nurse Specialist to support the delivery of high-quality, safe and patient-centred care for individuals with long-term neurological conditions, including Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Neurone Disease.
Development Opportunity:
Applicants who do not yet meet all Band 7 competencies may be considered for appointment at Band 6 as a development post, with a structured programme of support. Progression to Band 7 will be expected within 12 months, subject to successful competency achievement.
Main duties of the job
- Provide expert clinical assessment, advice and support to patients, carers and professionals
- Manage patients with long-term neurological conditions across outpatient, inpatient and community settings
- Deliver autonomous practice, including advanced assessment, clinical decision-making and care planning
- Act as a key point of contact, including delivery of telephone advice clinics
- Support medication management, working in partnership with Consultants and GPs
- Develop and deliver nurse-led clinics and patient pathways
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless care
- Contribute to service development, audit and quality improvement
- Provide education, training and mentorship to staff and learners
Working for our organisation
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Registration
- 1 st level Degree relevant to clinical specialty
- Portfolio to show evidence and experience in Long Term Neurological Conditions
- Demonstrable experience within a minimum of one specialty area, Parkinson’s, epilepsy, MS or MND
- Willingness and ability to work towards masters level qualification and None medical prescribing
- Successful completion of Neuroscience Module
Desirable criteria
- Post basic qualification in leadership and / or management
- Teaching qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant and demonstrable advanced clinical experience within Neurology
- Ability to demonstrate experience in leading and developing patient pathways
- Evidence line management experience of ward/ specialist nursing teams.
- Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change
- Experience in clinical audit / benchmarking
- Evidence of Independent clinical decision making
- Demonstrates specialist expertise in relation to long term neurological conditions underpinned by theory in a minimum of 1 specialist area.
- Knowledge of Key Performance Indicators relevant to specialty
- Ability to deliver educational programs relevant to specialty incorporating a varied audience
- Ability to write reports demonstrating alignment of the relevant service to the trust strategic objectives.
- Ability to initiate, undertake and participate in audit and research relevant to service needs.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of proactive involvement in the development of nurses and nursing practice
- Evidence of demonstrating advancements in relevant clinical via presentations at conferences.
Skills & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Extensive skills in history taking and clinical examination
- Ability to collaborate and work with other clinicians
- Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
- Demonstrate high standards of communication / negotiation skills
- Is able to make operational judgments involving complex facts/situations
- Can demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately
- Strong analytical skills and ability to consider the wider picture
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pippa Evans
- Job title
- Deputy Divisional Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01515567332
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