Parkinson's Practitioner for Parkinson's Disease
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, proactive Nurse Specialist to make a significant difference to the health outcomes of patients diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in the West Midlands. This is a full time, band 6 (consideration would be given for a band 6 developmental post if no previous CNS experience) based within the Department of Neurology at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT), providing services to people living in the county and its surrounding area.
The successful applicant will work as part of the expanding neurological team here at RWT. The post holder will be provided with expert clinical leadership and support from our established team and 2 Consultant Neurologists with specialist interest in Movement Disorders.
The Department of Neurology views its staff as its most important asset. As such, you will be supported with induction, training and advanced educational opportunities. We will use approved competencies to help you to develop a clear career pathway towards expert practice.
Neuro-physiotherapist and Occupational Therapists are welcomedto apply for this role to provide a multi-disciplinary forward thinking service for the people with Parkinson's Disease within the region.
Job description
As a member of the Parkinson's Clinical Nurse Specialist team you will participate in nurse led clinics for both newly diagnosed patients and also regular review clinics for patients. Alongside this you will be required to undertake both urgent and review phone clinics. You will be required to take part in the annual Parkinson's UK audit to highlight areas of excellence or improvement for the service and to the patients.
You will provide knowledge and support to patients living with Parkinson's and their loved ones and also to provide insight and support to other health care professionals.
Work as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team and at times liaising and acting as a specialist resource across multi-agency specialties.
You will be required to work autonomously within your limitations within the clinical settings across the region as well as provide support for patients and health care professionals within the acute setting.
The role will be 80% clinical and 20% non-clinical for a band 6 CNS.You will be accountable for :Ensuring safe and effective clinical practiceEnhancing the patients experienceEnsuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisations objectivesEfficient and effective use of resourcesTeam leaderManaging and developing the performance of the team [service specific]
Person specification
Ability to work at Masters level, or working towards
Essential
- Health assessment and none medical prescriber
- Full driving licence
- neurology experience
Desirable
- post registration qualification in Parkinson's Disease
About the employer
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.