Job overview

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 7th April.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence^® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.