Job description

Job responsibilities

Deliver specialist assessment, management and support for patients living with Parkinsons disease both inpatients and in the community.

Provide expert advice on Parkinsons medication management, including the importance of timely administration.

Support patients, families and carers through education, counselling and care planning.

Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualised care plans for patients.

Provide education and training to healthcare professionals to enhance knowledge and confidence in Parkinsons disease.

Assist in the facilitation of safe discharge planning and effective communication with community and specialist services.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• First level Registered Nurse with current registration with the NMC
• Leadership training (LEO/LPC) or equivalent experience
• Teaching qualification

Desirable

• Prescribing/ability to work within PGDs
• Specialist Diploma level/ specialist practitioner or equivalent
• Evidence of CPD in management of Long Term Conditions
• Non-medical V300 prescribing or willingness to undertake.
• Post graduate qualification in a health related topic
• Specialist qualification in neurological nursing

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Relevant post registration work within acute, mental health or community and primary care nursing fields.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and/or multi agency team.
• Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care, working autonomously and collaboratively.
• Evidence of being an innovative practitioner.
• A minimum of 2 years at Band 6 or above.
• Experience of self care/ self management.
• Managing cognitive impairment.
• Post registration experience of patients with neurological diagnoses.

Desirable

• Previous case management experience.

Skills and Ability

Essential

• Evidence of ability to manage highly complex clinical situations within a defined caseload
• Evidence of ability to work proactively with A&E, GP's and social care colleagues to prevent hospital admission
• Evidence of the ability to teach/disseminate knowledge
• Evidence of ability to assess and plan individual care needs in partnership with patients/their carers
• Experience of providing and receiving highly complex, highly sensitive or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance using persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or re-assurance skills
• Evidence of ability to work across the multi-disciplinary health & social care team
• Evidence of ability to make decisions autonomously, but liaise closely with other care providers within the sector
• Contribute to collection and evaluation of data from self or others and to ensure accurate recording in relation to performance targets
• Evidence of experience of embracing and implementing change to provide quality health outcomes
• Evidence of using IT systems
• Evidence of being able to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in a multidisciplinary forum and with users and carers
• Ability to identify high risk patients
• Proven team working and facilitation skills
• Ability to promote multi professional working
• Understanding of clinical governance/risk management frameworks
• Knowledge of primary/social care systems
• Car owner/driver.

Desirable

• Evidence of advanced clinical assessment skills
• Writing of policy/procedures relating to care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blackpool teaching hospitals

Whinney heys road

Blackpool

FY38NR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)