Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an 18 month secondment as a Non-Medical consultant in Multiple Sclerosis. (MS). 

The Multiple Sclerosis team is one of the many specialist teams within the division of Manchester Centre for clinical Neurosciences, based at Salford Care Organisation, however covering the Greater Manchester region. 

This is a collaborative working project (CWP) in conjunction with Novartis Pharmaceuticals aiming to improve capacity within the MS service in Greater Manchester.

The successful candidate will require enhanced knowledge and expertise in Multiple Sclerosis in order to support patient facing clinics to review and when appropriate optimise treatment for patients identified within the CWP. 

They will require great organisational and IT skills to undertake administrative duties, including MDT, and enhanced communication skills to allow for specific clinical discussions around complex cases. 

Main duties of the job

The non-medical consultant will provide highly specialist professional advice, consultancy, clinical expertise and leadership within the Multiple Sclerosis (MS)team. 

They will require demonstration of advanced skills and competences to influence/inform in the delivery of high quality care for MS patients. 

The non-medical consultant will establish an evidence base for practice through benchmarking, audit and research in line with clinical governance and to disseminate this through appropriate channels on a local, regional, national and international basis as appropriate. 

The post holder will develop and strengthen links across inter-professional boundaries to promote excellence in practice. This will include strategic service development to implement and develop optimal care/services for patients as part of the leadership team, plus leading on and embedding local and national policies. 

The post holder will provide strong leadership and consultancy within scope of expertise to the Multiple Sclerosis service and the wider organisation and partner stakeholders. 

The post holder will actively develop and contribute to the research and evaluation agenda within the speciality and care models, ensuring continuous improvement and development of evidence-based care models. 

The post holder will provide managerial and professional leadership for the Lead practitioner in Multiple Sclerosis. 

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.