Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

MND Care Coordinator

The closing date is 14 July 2025

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate clinician to join our multidisciplinary team as a Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Coordinator.

As a Band 7 MND Coordinator, you will lead the coordination of care for patients with MND, supporting them and their families throughout their journey. You will work closely with neurologists, specialist nurses, allied health professionals, palliative care teams and external agencies to deliver integrated, patient-centred care.

The Sheffield Care and Research Centre for Motor Neuron Disorders is a leading centre of excellence, serving patients across South Yorkshire, North East Derbyshire, and North East Lincolnshire.

The post of MND Care Coordinator offers the opportunity to provide clinical leadership and care coordination alongside innovative service improvement and quality assurance and regional pathway development, education and training.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication, coordination and leadership skills who is compassionate, proactive and resilient, with a strong commitment to patient-centred care.

If you are a Registered Nurse or AHP (Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Dietician, Speech and Language Therapist) with a relevant clinical qualification with current NMC/HCPC registration and significant post-registration experience, ideally with experience in neurology, palliative care or long-term condition management we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The MND Care Coordinator is the senior clinical role responsible for coordinating and improving care for patients with Motor Neuron Disease who attend the Sheffield MND Care and Research Centre.

They will be responsible for developing a strong focus on innovative service development, care coordination through the care pathway and addressing inequalities of care.

This role requires advanced clinical skills, leadership abilities, educational skills and a commitment to service improvement and staff development as well as the ability to deliver specialist care autonomously within an MDT setting with consultant neurologist indirect supervision.

To act as the lead specialist for the MND service taking responsibility for provision of specialist advice across the service and other professional colleagues, including service, business and strategic planning.

To act as a specialist resource / independent practitioner managing a defined caseload of patients within the agreed scope of practice.

To take a lead of delivery of education and training for the directorate and wider MDT across professional groups.

To lead change and innovation through service audit and evaluation and, in response to this develop new services in a way which promotes change for the benefit of patient care within the objectives of the business and service plan.

To develop and contribute to the development of research proposals and implement studies.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Details

Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa/ pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-0533-DIR

Job locations

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield

S10 2JF


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse or AHP (PT,OT, Dietican, SLT)
  • Masters level qualification in relevant specialist area OR equivalent knowledge gained through post-graduate level study, short courses and extensive experience at a senior level relevant to the specialist area to a level 7 standard
  • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
  • Post registration education relevant to the role
  • Recognised Counselling qualifications/skills or willing to undertake

Desirable

  • Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Leadership development programme completion
  • Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience at AFC band 6 (or equivalent)
  • Relevant experience caring for people with long term conditions in relevant clinical area
  • Able to work effectively both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, crossing professional and organisational boundaries
  • Computer literacy skills including knowledge of databases, power point and word Processing and patient record systems
  • Supervision and line management of staff including appraisal.
  • Demonstrable post-registration experience including experience / knowledge of service management / planning and delivery
  • Experience of successful multiagency working and stakeholder management

Desirable

  • Substantial post-registration experience, including significant experience in MND or neurology
  • Experience in Clinical Governance, audit, teaching and training, project management and quality improvement methodologies
  • Previous experience of caring for people with MND

Further training

Essential

  • Proven management and leadership skills and experience.
  • Ability to work autonomously as well as part of MDT.

Desirable

  • Experience of successful multiagency working and stakeholder management

Special skills/ Apptitude

Essential

  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Enhanced time management and organisational skills
  • Enhanced communication skills with all stakeholders, colleagues and patients
  • To be able to work as an autonomous practitioner, managing and prioritising own case load according to local guidelines and identified need, in a variety of settings, exercising high levels of judgment, discretion, problem solving and decision making in clinical care
  • Ability to work under pressure acting as a role model for other health care professionals
  • Good computer/IT skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse or AHP (PT,OT, Dietican, SLT)
  • Masters level qualification in relevant specialist area OR equivalent knowledge gained through post-graduate level study, short courses and extensive experience at a senior level relevant to the specialist area to a level 7 standard
  • To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
  • Post registration education relevant to the role
  • Recognised Counselling qualifications/skills or willing to undertake

Desirable

  • Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Leadership development programme completion
  • Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience at AFC band 6 (or equivalent)
  • Relevant experience caring for people with long term conditions in relevant clinical area
  • Able to work effectively both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, crossing professional and organisational boundaries
  • Computer literacy skills including knowledge of databases, power point and word Processing and patient record systems
  • Supervision and line management of staff including appraisal.
  • Demonstrable post-registration experience including experience / knowledge of service management / planning and delivery
  • Experience of successful multiagency working and stakeholder management

Desirable

  • Substantial post-registration experience, including significant experience in MND or neurology
  • Experience in Clinical Governance, audit, teaching and training, project management and quality improvement methodologies
  • Previous experience of caring for people with MND

Further training

Essential

  • Proven management and leadership skills and experience.
  • Ability to work autonomously as well as part of MDT.

Desirable

  • Experience of successful multiagency working and stakeholder management

Special skills/ Apptitude

Essential

  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Enhanced time management and organisational skills
  • Enhanced communication skills with all stakeholders, colleagues and patients
  • To be able to work as an autonomous practitioner, managing and prioritising own case load according to local guidelines and identified need, in a variety of settings, exercising high levels of judgment, discretion, problem solving and decision making in clinical care
  • Ability to work under pressure acting as a role model for other health care professionals
  • Good computer/IT skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield

S10 2JF


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield

S10 2JF


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Manager Neurology Nurse Specialists

Nina Marshall

nina.marshall2@nhs.net

01142268564

Details

Date posted

01 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa/ pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-0533-DIR

Job locations

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield

S10 2JF


Supporting documents

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