Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (days, including sundays)
- Job ref
- 160-8155859
- Employer
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Walton Centre
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Neurology Nurse Specialist- Neuropsychiatry
Band 7
Job overview
Neuropsychiatry Neurology nurse specialist role
As part of The Walton Centre's ongoing commitment to advancing nursing practice a Neuropsychiatry Liaison Nurse Specialist post is becoming available within our specialist team.
You will be responsible for working autonomously and should be clinically capable and competent.
The successful candidate needs to possess excellent theoretical and practical knowledge and experience of Neuropsychiatry, be clinically competent to undertake clinical examination and should be a non-medical prescriber.
The successful postholder should have excellent communication skills, a 'can do' attitude, be driven and possess a passion for driving services forward.
The Trust has an excellent reputation for advancing nursing practice with a large number of specialist and advanced roles. Educational opportunities are well-resourced, ensuring that nurses who are working at the cutting edge of their specialty continuously develop their skills, and they are encouraged to participate in regional and national forums to network and promote professional development.
If you would like to find out more about the post please contact Pippa Evans, Deputy Divisional Nurse Director on email [email protected] or Sarah Flynn, Assistant Chief Nurse on email [email protected]
Main duties of the job
- To assess, review treatment, to inpatients referred to the liaison neuropsychiatry service in the Walton Centre as well as spoke units at Broadgreen Rehabilitation Unit and Elyn Lodge, St Helens and outpatients referred to the Neuropsychiatry Specialist Nurse Clinic ( follow up).
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring agreed interventions are employed and advise medical, therapist and nursing staff on optimal management of patients with mental health needs in general neurosurgical/neurology and rehabilitation units.
- To participate and organise sessions of education and training of management of mental health and brain injury problems in the Walton Centre and rehabilitation units.
- You will be accountable for your own professional actions, not directly supervised, and receive clinical supervision.
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
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy."
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Registration
- 1st 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
- Computer literacy
Other
Essential criteria
- Honest, open minded, treat colleagues with dignity and respect
- Capacity to work with clinicians and staff at all levels
- Inspires others and leads by example
- Commitment to adopt the Walton way values and act as role model for nursing
- Flexible in approach
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
- Sarah Flynn
- Job title
- Assistant Chief Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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