MND Care and Research Co-ordinator

Job overview

MND Care Centre Coordinator (Cambridge) Band 7

Applications are invited from highly experienced Nurses or Allied Health Professionals (e.g. Speech and Language therapists, Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists) for a 4 year post in the role of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Care Centre Coordinator, Cambridge.  You will be working with the current MND Care Centre Coordinators to coordinate the MND clinic and develop the MND service.

Main duties of the job

You will responsible for facilitating coordination of services for this rapidly progressive and fatal neurological condition and includes the running of the hospital based multidisciplinary clinic service and weekly Thursday morning MDT clinic in the Arthur Rank Hospice. The role involves collaborative working with a broad range of health professionals across health care and voluntary sectors to improve care for people affected by MND.

You will be required to have excellent communication skills with an ability to deal with highly sensitive discussions and distressing circumstances in the proactive management of this life limiting condition.

The Coordinator (Alongside the Care Centre Director) is responsible for delivering the objectives agreed in the grant awarded by the Motor Neurone Disease Association over its four-year award period. The Care Centre (established 2004) is part of the MND Care Centre programme supported by the MND Association and is a regional hub for engagement in MND research.

For further information contact.......

Victoria Edwards MND Care Centre Co-ordinator (Tues/Thus/Fri)

Louise Boardman MND Care Centre Co-ordinator (Mon/Wed/Thur)

Tel: 01223 216631 Extension: 2631 Fax: 01223 257288

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 2nd April 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 18th April 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.