Advanced Multiple Sclerosis Champion inCoventry inCoventry PUBLISHED
WED 6 NOV 2024
In addition to clinical responsibilities such as assessments and treatment coordination, the role involves significant communication skills, particularly in sensitive situations like end-of-life discussions. The Advanced MS Champion serves as the primary point of contact for patients seeking advice and care, working to ensure timely access to necessary services and resources. By planning their own workload and collaborating with various specialties, they aim to provide comprehensive and compassionate support to those living with advanced MS.
The Advanced MS Champion will have highly developed clinical expertise enabling them to plan, deliver and coordinate complex care in routine and non-routine circumstances to ensure that the needs of the person with advanced Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and their carer(s) are best served. They will work autonomously with their own caseload. They will have highly developed clinical expertise enabling them to plan, deliver and coordinate complex care in routine and non-routine circumstances to ensure the needs of the person with advanced MS and their carer (s) are best served. They will work autonomously with their caseload.
Please be advised there is a proposed interview date of 5th December.
1. Will instigate, implement and evaluate service improvement and changes in practice in response to feedback from patient experience, research evidence, service level data, and clinical and management requirements. They lead service level engagement with managers and instigate and lead multi-professional meetings, acting as patient advocates across organisational boundaries.
2. They will design and deliver education and training to patients/carer groups and provide specialist education and training to other health and social care professionals involved in the care of people with advanced MS. They will take responsibility for embedding patient and public involvement within their sphere of practice.
3. The Advanced MS Champion will be a practitioner who can demonstrate excellent highly developed communication skills, empathy and compassion. Communicates openly and appropriately with patients and carers in situations of a highly distressing and sensitive nature such as discussions with someone with advanced MS and their family life around end of life care or points of transition (deterioration).
4. Provides a first point of contact for people living with advanced MS (and carers) who need advice, support or treatment, working with them to ensure they are able to access the right care at the right time.
About us
1. Puts quality at the heart of practice by delivering evidence based, individualised and personalised care through implementation of a holistic needs assessment, care planning and evaluation of all care interventions.
2. Plans own diary and manages own caseload; plans specialised nursing service provision, co-ordinates input from other specialised services i.e. speech and language therapy, hospice care services.
3. Applies high level assessment and consultation skills to diagnose issues early and ensure timely treatment and support.
4. Attends multi-disciplinary team meetings.
5. Data entry on IT systems/MS Database.
6. Undertake clinical assessments i.e. blood tests, urine infections, blood pressure, infection screening.
7. Provides relevant training to patients and carers i.e. manual handling.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
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