Multiple Sclerosis ACP Team Leader | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

The MS Team within Frimley Health is long established and passionate about delivering excellence in care to people living with MS. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced MS Nurse to join the team as an ACP and team leader.

You will work at an advanced practitioner level, providing clinical support and leadership to the MS Nursing teams cross site. You will review patients in clinic and virtually, prescribing appropriate therapies as agreed by MDT, and symptom management therapies. You will be actively involved (with the support of the consultant nurse) in strategic planning and the service delivery of MS nursing care and will be required to equally divide your time equally across both Frimley Park and Wexham Park Hospitals.

This is an 18 month fixed term contract. There is a requirement to work in both Frimley Park and Wexham Park hospitals.

• You will be a non medical prescriber and have completed your health assessment module.
• You will be required to examine patients in clinic and measure their EDSS which is a requirement set by NHSE when prescribing disease modifying therapies.
• You will assess patients for relapse, disease progression and symptom management.
• You will request relevant imaging according to protocol and patient need.
• You will lead the nursing team and support their development and learning and work closely with the consultant nurse and neurology team manager on service development initiatives.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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• To work at an advanced practitioner level supporting the consultant nurse and consultant neurologist in leading and evolving MS services for patients with a new or established diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS).
• The post holder will continue to develop nurse led services cross site including developing and reviewing protocols/ guidelines, utilising evidence-based research. Actively disseminate best practice though academia and conference presentation and participate in MS clinical research studies.
• Provide support and clinical advice to all patients across the disease trajectory. Initiating and prescribing disease modifying therapy and overseeing the blood monitoring of these treatments.
• Assess the patient’s needs then develop, prescribe and adjust treatment plans.
• Establish external funding sources for the Trust (where appropriate) to enable sustainability and expansion of existing services and the development of new services.
• Work in conjunction with CCG’s/ICB’s to develop the MS pathway in line with the integrated care system.
• To operate at a strategic level with regards to development of services cross site with the support from the consultant nurse, and working with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure equality and excellence in care for people with MS.
• Manage the existing and expanding MS nursing team cross site which consists of MS Specialist Nurses, MS Co-ordinators and a community team of MS practitioners – ensuring annual appraisals are maintained and educational needs are met to ensure they meet the required criteria for revalidation by the NMC.
• Working closely with the Neurology Integrated Team Manager and supporting them with the wider neurology department during periods of absence.

This advert closes on Wednesday 20 May 2026