Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Development post, depending on experience
- Hours
- Part time - 33.75 hours per week (Monday - Friday, 8am-4pm OR 9am - 5pm)
- Job ref
- 390-DoM-BR-3189
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £46,148 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Parkinson's Practitioner
Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic and flexible individual to join our neurology team as a Parkinson’s Specialist Practitioner / Nurse.
Your role will be to provide a specialist nursing/AHP service to adults with Parkinson’s providing expert advice, education and support to the patient with Parkinson’s and their families/carers from the time of diagnosis and throughout the course of their condition.
There is an opportunity for this post to be a development one, from Band 6 to Band 7, depending on experience.
Main duties of the job
You will liaise with all members of the Multi-disciplinary Team to provide an effective and timely service to Parkinson’s patients, inform & support Parkinson’s patients and their families, providing counselling, information, education and a formal management plan and provide advice, education and support to patients or family members contacting the department with queries, concerns or problems.
You will work with fellow Parkinson’s Practitioners / Consultant Neurologist and other clinical colleagues to develop and introduce systems to enhance the responsiveness of dealing with patients concerns, monitoring any trends, and developing appropriate actions
Working for our organisation
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you motivated, enthusiastic and flexible, then we want to hear from you?
There is an opportunity for this post to be a development one, from Band 6 to Band 7, depending on experience
Please see job specification and job description attached to the vacancy for a full description of main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 1 nursing registration or relevant healthcare professional
- NMC Registered
Desirable criteria
- Completed Parkinson's Disease Specialist Module
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge & practical use of research-based practice
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Significant post-registration experience
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescriber
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Justine Wren
- Job title
- Associate Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03004431067
- Additional information
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