Clinical Nurse Specialist -Neurology

Clinical Nurse Specialist -Neurology

This role supports patients with chronic neurological conditions. The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in Neurology leads education clinics for newly diagnosed patients to support their understanding of the condition, the process to diagnoses, the management, medication, and lifestyle changes that may be required following the diagnosis.

The CNS conducts face to face and telephone follow ups for ongoing support of people with chronic conditions including reviewing drug efficacy, adherence, tolerability, as well as symptom identification and management. They directly liaise and collaborate with the Neurologists, community teams, and allied health to optimise patient outcomes. They act as a resource for patients, whānau and other health professionals. The CNS is the first point of contact for patients with chronic neurological conditions and are the interface between neurology and primary care.

The Neurology department provides a regional/tertiary service for complex neurological conditions for diagnosis and specialist management. It comprises a busy outpatient based service at Wellington Hospital but includes outreach clinics to regional hospitals. Inpatient care is provided for stroke and other neurology patients.

An important part of the Neurology service is our team of SCN/ CNS and NP nurses who provide support for both outpatient and IP services providing patient education and specialised patient focus expertise. Nursing staff also contribute to current research trial as required.

In addition there are Neurophysiology services provided include EEGs, NCS, EMG, EP and testing of the vestibular system and Neuropsychology services and Liaison Psychiatry provide diagnostic support, advice and counselling for Wellington region and to tertiary referrals as required.

We are looking for someone to advocate for Patients, to achieve best possible outcomes for this group of devise patients. We would prefer someone with some general Neurology experience and ideally some experience in Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis and /or Movement disorders.

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