Parkinson's Clinical Nurse Specialist | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Applications are invited from enthusiastic candidates who are interested in the opportunity to be part of the Neurology Nurse team, providing high quality care to patients with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease living in The Hillingdon area. This is an excellent opportunity to work across both hospital sites and build links with Community colleagues. This is a One year Fixed term post, and the appointee will join the existing multi-disciplinary team to support patients to self-manage their condition helping to avoid hospital admissions where possible. The post holder with provide specialist advice and education to both patients/carers and other teams within the hospital and primary care settings. There will be opportunities to contribute to innovation and ongoing development of the service. This post would suit a Nurse with a sound knowledge of neurology, who is interested in contributing to the delivery of care to this group of patients .The post holder will have a good working knowledge in the diagnosis and management of Parkinson's disease and be able to demonstrate confident clinical assessment skills and have experience working as an autonomous practitioner. An interview date is yet to be confirmed. Assessing Parkinson's patients, offering support and expert guidance to patients and their carers Working with the Multi disciplinary team to support complex patient care Medication management and reviewing medications ,making recommendations as pts condition changes Facilitation of timely PD review to assist with In patient management and discharge planning for PD pts First point of contact to help manage this patient cohort The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics. The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital. We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

• Have specialist skills in the care of neurological patients including the co-ordination and delivery of treatments and evaluating patient management.
• To be a core member of the MDT and actively participate in MDT meetings and ward reviews.
• To ensure effective two-way communication with patients, carers and other healthcare professionals regarding patient care whilst supporting equality and diversity at all times..
• To respond to the changing needs of the NHS with positivity and creativity.
• To identify risks within the service, report accordingly and identify appropriate treatment plans to negate risk.