Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 2 years (Fixed term 2 years)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 210-2024-959
- Employer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Countess of Chester Hospital
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Care of the Elderly at the Countess of Chester NHS trust. This is an ideal opportunity for current band 7 nurse to continue their development into Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, or for a band 6 nursing wanting to expand their knowledge in this area.
The post holder will act as a point of contact for patients experiencing problems or deterioration, providing highly specialist knowledge, skills and advice to clients and a source of expertise to health and social care professionals and others as necessary.
This is an opportunity to develop this post with evolving responsibilities that may change as the role evolves.
You will need excellent clinical, organizational, IT and communication skills.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care with indirect supervision. You will provide nursing expertise to a specific patient group and will support clinical colleagues in providing a service to the PD client group.
As a member of the Elderly Care team you will develop professional relationships with CoTE Consultants, Community Geriatricians and all relevant multi-disciplinary teams to enhance the service and care pathways, supporting their families and carers. This includes linking closely to Parkinson’s UK staff locally.
You will assess individual patient needs for those living with Parkinson’s to improve their quality of life by identifying, co-ordinating and linking to appropriate care services and therapies throughout the care pathway. You will work independently to support patients and their carers to maximise on the benefits of the Parkinson’s Nurse Specialist role on care programmes, developing patient focused goals, encouraging self-care and self-management approaches.
The post holder will support the development of innovative evidence practice and be responsible for audit and monitoring the quality of the Parkinson’s service being provided.
Work a an independent practitioner and demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing. Practice advanced clinical skills and maintain a high professional standard of care and expertise'
Working for our organisation
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN/RSCN Diploma or Degree
- NMC Registered
- MSc Advanced Practice/Clinical Masters or working towards within 2 academic years of appointment
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification 998/997 /mentorship
- Relevant specialty related qualification/module
Desirable criteria
- Trained in Advanced Life Support
- Management qualification or equivalent
- Continuous Professional Development port folio
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Speciality knowledge and experience
- Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting.
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives.
- To complete the Trust toolkit competencies
- Relevant Post Registration clinical experience
- Initiation and implementation of change
Desirable criteria
- CNS mentorship and development
- Countess 20:20 Leadership Programme
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to manage own workload and coordinate that of others.
- Basic IT skills in word processing/Hospital Systems
- Able to present written information in a logical manner.
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information.
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
Desirable criteria
- Presentation / teaching skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Suzanne Lewis
- Job title
- Urgent Care Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01244 364819
- Additional information
Norma Hayes, Head of Nursing.
01244 365000
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