Dystonia Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a 12-month full-time secondment opportunity for a highly motivated Band 6 health professional to join the Specialist Movement Disorder Team as a Dystonia Specialist Nurse. The role involves providing specialist assessment, treatment, and ongoing management for patients with dystonia and hemifacial spasm, delivering nurse-led clinics, and acting as a key point of contact for patients and healthcare professionals. Full training and support will be provided to develop expertise in this highly specialised area. The successful candidate will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to service development and quality improvement.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)
- Degree in Nursing or equivalent portfolio of evidence
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD courses in movement Disorders
- Experience working with patients with Neurological conditions
- Experience managing a caseload of patients
- Experience providing patient education and support
- Experience with working with patients with Dystonia or hemifacial Spasm
- Experience working with MDT
- ~Experience running nurse led clinics
- experience of Audit , research or quality improvement
- Understanding of movement disorders and the management
- understanding of current NHS and Trust priorities
- Knowledge of injectable therapies and specialist treatments for movement disorders
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong clinic assessment and decision making
- Effective Time management skills
- Competent IT skills
- Teaching mentorship or staff training
- Personal Attributes
- Compassion and patient centred approach
- Ability to build effective working relationships with patients and colleagues
- Flexible and adaptable
- Competent IT skills
- Qualifications & Professional Registration
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)
- Degree in Nursing or equivalent portfolio of evidence
- Evidence of CPD courses in movement Disorders
- Experience working with patients with Neurological conditions
- Experience managing a caseload of patients
- Experience providing patient education and support
- Experience with working with patients with Dystonia or hemifacial Spasm
- Experience working with MDT
- ~Experience running nurse led clinics
- experience of Audit , research or quality improvement
- Understanding of movement disorders and the management
- understanding of current NHS and Trust priorities
- Knowledge of injectable therapies and specialist treatments for movement disorders
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong clinic assessment and decision making
- Effective Time management skills
- Competent IT skills
- Teaching mentorship or staff training
- Personal Attributes
- Compassion and patient centred approach
- Ability to build effective working relationships with patients and colleagues
- Flexible and adaptable
- Competent IT skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Dystonia Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Band 6 health professional to join our experienced Specialist Movement Disorder Team as a Dystonia Specialist Nurse. This is a 12-month full-time secondment opportunity, working alongside a highly skilled and experienced team of Dystonia Specialist Nurses.
If you have experience working with dystonia, movement disorders or long-term neurological conditions, and are enthusiastic about developing your skills in this specialist area, this role could be an excellent opportunity for you.
This is a highly specialised area of practice within movement disorders, and full training and support will be provided. Following completion of the training programme, you will use your knowledge, skills and experience to deliver a specialist dystonia service and provide high-quality patient care. The role will involve working both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team under the direction of the Band 7 Nurse and Consultant team.
This is a diverse and rewarding role that requires sound judgement, discretion and decision-making skills to support and guide clinical care across a variety of settings. You will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team across the Trust to provide sp
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