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The post holder has professional and managerial responsibility for the nursing team allocated to the specialist service within Neurology, throughout Lothian and has overall responsibility for both clinical and staff governance issues. This can be in a community and acute hospital setting.
Provision of care in a timely and effective manner, compliant with Scottish clinical guidelines.
Provision of an equitable and effective service for patients with Multiple Sclerosis.
Manage patient access to Disease Modifying Treatment, liaising with Neurologists to ensure treatments are started , stopped or switched depending on disease activity and need.
Provide expert professional and clinical care advise to patients carers and multi-disciplinary team, reducing the burden on GP and Primary Care Providers by easier access to MS Nurse Specialist.
Responsible for providing specialist education and training programmes for health care professionals and other professional groups.
Develop the service through audit, pregnancy clinics and telehealth.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Hester Niven at hester.niven@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or on 0131 312 0678.