Brain Injury Clinical Specialist (Maternity Cover)

An exciting secondment opportunity for a Brain Injury Clinical Specialist hascome upin the Neuro Clinical Specialist Team (NCST).

If you are a dynamic, forward thinking, motivated practitioner with experience and an interest in working with patients with a brain injury or a neurological condition then this could be an ideal role for you

The NCST is based in Bletchley, Milton Keynes and consists of a team ofskilled nurses and therapists who have a wealth of experience and expertise in providing specialist support, advice and information to patients with a neurological condition

You will lead on assessing and reviewing patients post brain injury and working along side other health and social care colleagues to ensure patient's needs are identified and they are able to access appropriate services

There are opportunities for continual professional development and regular supervision is provided.

We welcome applications from those within AHPs and nurses qualifications and please note this is a community based role.

Applicants must be a car driver and owner and able to attend a face to face interview at our base in Milton Keynes., You will work closely with the other Brain Injury Clinical Specialist to act as a lead forproviding specialist resource for people with brain injury, their relatives and carers, members of the public, health professionals and other third party organisations. You willperform comprehensive specialist holistic assessments of needs for individuals within the specialist area; and plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using evidence based practice according to changing health needs in a variety of settings.

You will support people with brain injury, relatives and carers, members of the general public, health professionals, statutory and voluntary bodies to develop knowledge about the management and symptoms associated with brain injury. In addition, you will work in partnership and act as a conduit in the care of people with brain injury between a variety of services and settings.

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and we will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.