Parkinson's Specialist Nurse

The successful candidate will be required to work independently in providing education and information, advice, and support to patients and their families/carers in their own home and within clinics, as well as remotely via phone calls or video conferencing. You will also be required to liaise and work closely with other health care professionals in ensuring that care needs are met accordingly, and that care is delivered to a high standard. You will be working as part of the integrated neurology team providing specialist nursing intervention for patients with Parkinsons disease and associated conditions. The post holder will carry out comprehensive specialist holistic assessments and use their specialist knowledge and skills to help manage the Parkinsons caseload. The successful candidate will be required to work independently in providing education and information, advice, and support to patients in their own home and within clinics, as well as remotely via phone calls or video conferencing. You will also be required to liaise and work closely with other health care professionals in ensuring that patient care needs are met accordingly, and that care is delivered to a high standard. The role with involve partnership working with the consultant neurologists and the integrated neurology team.

If you are looking for an exciting new challenge that will allow you to use your clinical skills to make a difference, there is a fantastic opportunity to join our integrated neurology team. The opportunity has arisen for a nurse to join the Integrated Neurology Team in Worcestershire. We are looking for a nurse who has experience working with Parkinsons patients, who is motivated and passionate about developing their knowledge, skills and management of this caseload. If you have experience within this speciality and demonstrate a positive attitude, enthusiastic and flexibility then we would like you to be part of our team.

• Passionate about delivering high quality patient care
• Motivated and forward thinking
• Eager to develop your own clinical and management skills
• Looking for a position which will challenge and stretch you
• Want to be part of a focused, multidisciplinary team that delivers a high-quality service
• An enthusiastic, motivated and innovative thinker to become part of a primary care facing community
• The ability to travel county-wide to deliver services
  
  At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
  
  As a member of the Integrated Neurology Team you will benefit from support with your CPD and Career Progression as well as flexible working, enabling you to maintain work-life balance. Access to LGBT, BAME, Disability and Carers Forums, wellbeing and support programmes and a wide range of NHS discounts., Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours Flexible and agile working opportunities Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage) Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes Health and wellbeing opportunities