Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Deep Brain Stimulation Service)

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sheffield is seeking a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Deep Brain Stimulation Service. This role involves delivering high-quality care for patients undergoing treatment for movement disorders. Candidates must be registered nurses with extensive experience in neurosurgery, combined with strong interpersonal skills. The position includes career development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing packages

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Experience of clinical supervision and change management.
• Extensive post-registration experience in a neurosurgery or neurology setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate programmes of care for patients in DBS pathway.
• Act as an advocate for patients while ensuring high-quality care delivery.
• Lead on clinical and service initiatives, managing resources in line with budgets.

Skills

Competent interpersonal skills

Ability to use initiative

Knowledge of functional neurosurgery and movement disorders

Education

Registered Nurse

Neuroscience Nursing Course or equivalent

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Job description

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Hallamshire Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 22/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 10/02/2026

Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Deep Brain Stimulation Service)

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

This role is part of the Movement Disorder team at Sheffield teaching Hospital.

The Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist In DBS will work collaboratively with the broader Movement Disorder and Neurosurgery team, delivering high quality care to patients with movement disorders and dystonia undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) from the preoperative phase, through the intraoperative and postoperative stages, and into long-term management.

The CNS has responsibilities on Clinical Practice; Leadership; Education and Research.

Main duties of the job

The post holder must be flexible in the approach to the clinical area, acting as a professional role model, involved in direct or indirect provision of care.

The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, ensuring the provision of specialist advice to this caseload of patients and participate in decision making as a member of the wider Movement Disorder team and Neurosurgery MDT.

The post holder will act as an advocate and apply in-depth knowledge of clinical and holistic aspects of care to patients in the DBS pathway, acting as a resource to patients/ service users, families, carers and healthcare professionals.

The post holder will lead on various clinical and service initiatives, including service planning, and management of patients and resources in line with allocated budgets.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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

• Registered Nurse.
• Neuroscience Nursing Course or equivalent.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional development relevant to the post.
• Ability to practice within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• Experience of clinical supervision of junior staff.
• Experience of change management.

Experience

• Extensive Post registration experience in a neurosurgery or neurology setting.
• Experience of working with patients with movement disorders undergoing surgical procedure.
• Ability to work within a team and independently.
• Ability to plan and carry out a challenging workload.
• Experience of working at a band 6 level in a neurological or neurosurgical setting.

Skills/ knowledge/ abilities

• Competent interpersonal skills.
• Able to manage difficult situations effectively.
• Able to use initiative.
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Understanding and knowledge of functional neurosurgery and movement disorders.
• Able to use basic IT systems, including MS Office (which may include but not be limited to Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Proven oral and written communication skills.
• Presences and influencing skills.
• Motivated and able to motivate and lead others.
• Able to perform comprehensive patient assessments and plans.
• Ability to work within a pressured environment for prolonged periods of time e.g. surgery.
• Knowledge of audit processes, research and evidence-based practice.

Other requirements

• Ability to adapt to the changing needs of the service.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Recognition of own limitations within scope of professional practice.

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.