Huntington's Disease Specialist Nurse

Position: Huntington’s Disease Specialist Nurse
Location: Across all Exemplar Health Care homes, national role
Contract type: 40 hours per week, predominately Monday to Friday but must be flexible
Rate: £57,000 per annum, plus £3,000 car allowance

Step into a role where your expertise can be used to make every day better for the people we support. This is an exciting opportunity to work for a forward-thinking and growing provider, as our Huntington’s Disease Specialist Nurse. As a key member of our Clinical Team, you’ll work closely with our Clinical Director to play a central role in elevating the standard of care for people living with Huntington’s Disease (HD) across our homes.

This is your chance to make a profound impact every day, driving exceptional practice and championing outstanding outcomes.

About Exemplar Health Care
Exemplar Health Care is a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with a range of complex and high acuity needs. We have over 50 complex needs care homes across England, and we're growing.

We provide person-centred care and rehabilitation which focuses on maximising independence and building everyday living skills. We aim to empower people to live as fulfilled lives as possible.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to develop and progress.

About The Role
As a Huntington’s Disease Specialist Nurse with Exemplar Health Care, you’ll act in a proactive manner to support our homes to provide care via a systematic, coordinated and coaching approach.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the implementation of new initiatives to improve people’s quality of life
• Developing effective working practices
• Establishing a complete understanding of the needs of the people in our homes who have a HD primary diagnosis, including secondary diagnoses, complex care, and risk requirements
• Tailoring colleague training requirements to meet the needs of people in a person-centred way, as well as supporting in the delivery of this training
• Developing and embedding a HD Champion role, and support these Champions to link directly with their local HD networks
• Working with the Operational Team (Clinical Nurse Managers / Registered Nurses and HD Champions) to offer support and coach
• Assisting with the development of quality policies and procedures, audit materials and Service User, Colleague and Relative information materials
• Building external brand reputation in our ability to care for the people we support with HD

About You
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You must also have a first-level nursing registration with a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) PIN.

As this is a high-level, strategic role, you should have a minimum of two years’ experience in a specialist nurse role and extensive experience and knowledge of Huntington’s Disease.

You’ll Also Have

• Evidence of further professional development in relation to care, management or quality
• Ability to coach and motivate others
• A strong background in action planning
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A pragmatic approach, with strong problem-solving and analytical skills, along with the ability to apply these in complex situations
• The ability to work collaboratively with, and travel to all locations across the business.

What We Offer
We offer great rewards and perks including:

• £3,000 car allowance
• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• Retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• Free DBS check
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Paid NMC membership
• Paid access to the RCNi Learning platform
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.