Parkinson's Practitioner

Our Parkinson’s practitioners can provide information, advice and specialist support for people with Parkinson’s, their carers and families and healthcare professionals involved in their care.

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

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Golding Job title: Clinical Lead Parkinson's Service Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07920234256

Or alternatively call Kelly Thompson (Interim Clinical Lead and Operations Manager for Neurology, Parkinson's and Adult Speech and Language Therapy): 07721618656 or email [email protected]