Are you passionate about making a real difference to the lives of people living with a neuromuscular condition? This is an exciting opportunity to join the specialist Neuromuscular Service at The Walton Centre, as an Adult Neuromuscular Care Advisor.
Working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will help people navigate complex health and social care systems, coordinate personalised care, influence service development and promote best practice in neuromuscular care. This is a unique opportunity to combine clinical expertise, patient advocacy and service improvement within a nationally recognised specialist service.
- Provide specialist care coordination for adults with neuromuscular diseases across Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and the Isle of Man, ensuring care delivery aligns with national neuromuscular standards and supports transition from children’s to adult services where appropriate.
- Offer holistic support to patients and families across the lifespan, delivering emotional and practical guidance, signposting to health, social care and voluntary services, and contributing to personalised care and intervention planning for progressive and life ‑ limiting conditions.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and partner organisations , including NHS services, social care, and the voluntary and independent sector, to promote consistent, high ‑ quality care, shared expertise, and improved outcomes for people affected by neuromuscular conditions.
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
- Act as specialist neuromuscular care coordinator, planning, delivering and reviewing care in line with best practice.
- Serve as a primary contact for patients, families and carers, providing information, advice and support throughout the care pathway.
- Coordinate care across multiple settings (secondary, community, primary care, social care and voluntary sector).
- Support transition from paediatric to adult services.
- Develop, implement and review personalised care plans, including anticipatory and symptom management.
- Facilitate MDT working and shared decision-making.
- Refer and signpost to appropriate services based on need.
- Promote equitable access, service consistency and pathway improvement.
