Job overview

To assess, plan, implement and monitor care, facilitating best practice and evidence based,
person centred care within Parkinson’s.

To facilitate patient empowerment by enabling people with Parkinson’s to manage their
condition effectively and independently preventing complications and improving quality of life.

To be a resource and provide specialist advice, education and support to other health care
personnel and people with Parkinson’s, and contribute to planning, delivering and evaluating
programmes of education and development for Parkinson’s care

To be a lead in monitoring and developing the Parkinson’s service, to ensure patients receive
sustainable high quality care that is effective and safe

Ensure a seamless service for the person with Parkinson’s by developing communication links
and partnership working between acute, community, prima ry care and voluntary services.

Provide advice, training and education to other within Sirona and in the wider health and social care system.

The current team vacancy requires flexible cover, to include all of the BNSSG footprint.

Main duties of the job

Provide high quality, comprehensive and timely assessments for people with Parkinson’s in order to support joint goal setting at all stages of Parkinson's including end of life care

 Offer specialist advice, training, training and education to GPs, community teams, specialist services and education to GPs, community teams, specialist services and wider health and social care about Parkinson’s 

Use specialist knowledge to refer to other professionals and for diagnostic tests
Provide psychological and emotional support to service user, families and carers in high stress situations and use counselling skills 

Take responsibility as an independent non-medical prescriber to prescribe medicines  from the relevant national formulary for individual patients receiving care for a condition for which the HCP has clinical responsibility.

Reduce the need for acute care and emergency admissions and facilitate early hospital discharge by liaising with hospital teams and ensuring appropriate support and monitoring of discharge by liaising with hospital teams and ensuring appropriate support and monitoring of people with Parkinson’s in the community

Participate in shaping, developing, reviewing and improving the Parkinson’s service in Sirona 

Represent Sirona care & health on external committees and relevant groups Represent Sirona care & health on external committees and relevant groups

Lead on the development and review of local policies and procedures relevant to role

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.