37.5 Hours per week (Monday to Friday, hours of starting/finishing dependent on workload)

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen to recruit a Parkinson's Disease Specialist Nurse in Neuroscience and Spinal Care Services. We are seeking a pro-active, hardworking, passionate and forward-thinking individual to provide senior nursing expertise, clinical excellence, leadership, innovation and development in Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders management. The candidate will have significant experience of working with patients with Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver seamless care for patients in hospital and also in the community setting.

The post will meet the needs of patients local to the The James Cook University Hospital catchment area, as well as those living within the Friarage catchment area of Hambleton and North Yorkshire and will require travel to deliver service to patients, carers in their own homes and professionals across the catchment area.

Main duties of the job

The job purpose is to provide a specialist nursing service to adults with Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders.

You will provide expert advice, education and support to the patient and their families/carers.

You will provide expert nursing advice and promote a wider understanding of this disease for other professionals through education and training. You will liaise with other healthcare professionals.

The role of the specialist nurse is multifaceted incorporating key functions such as policy and standards development, practice development, service development, education, research and audit and personal and professional development. The ultimate aim is the provision of a cost effective, efficient, excellent quality service which meets the needs of the patient caseload / client group.

You will identify and address your own professional and clinical development needs. You will possess a first level degree and teaching qualification. You will hold or be committed to completing non-medical prescribing and clinical skills. You will deliver autonomous clinical practice in outpatient , inpatient and community settings, working as part of a specialist MDT . You will provide significant teaching, training and education to patients, carers and professionals in a wide range of contexts from bedside to formal settings.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• NMC Level One Registration
• First level degree in the nursing discipline and record of continuous personal, professional and academic development
• Recognised teaching qualification

Desirable

• Masters degree or prepared to work towards

Experience

Essential

• oSignificant experience in a senior post within PD movement disorder.
• oExperience of undertaking audit
• oExperience in managing change
• oExperience of collaborating with other multidisciplinary agencies
• oCurrent teaching experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• oSignificant knowledge and experience of management of patients with Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorder
• oAwareness of strategic issues which influence management of patients with Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorder
• oKnowledge of NICE guidelines for management of Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorders.
• oAdvanced teaching and leadership skills.
• oAdvanced analytical and judgmental skills.
• oComplex problem solving and assessment skills.
• oExcellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• oExcellent time management skills
• oAbility to work under pressure.
• oAbility to work independently.
• oInitiate changes in practice,
• oCommitment to achieving corporate objectives of organisation.
• oAbility to negotiate with and influence the staff who are not managed within the team.
• oAbility to work autonomously and as a member of a team, as well as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• oExcellent word processing, report writing and presentational skills.
• oAbility to optimise resources

Personal Attributes

Essential

• oExcellent communication skills with people at all levels
• oTeam player
• oGood listener
• oFlexible approach to work
• oAbility to organise, prioritise and co-ordinate work of self and others.
• oAbility to manage stressful situations, challenge decisions and work independently to ensure the patient's needs are being met.
• oAbility to lead, manage and motivate self and others.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

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