Parkinsons Specialist Nurse

Parkinsons Specialist Nurse Bedford, England

East London NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Bedford, England 41659 - 47672 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic nurse with experience to join the small but progressive Parkinson Nurse Service. The post holder will have an in-depth knowledge of Parkinson's, and the clinical skills to manage the care of patients across the disease spectrum, and the knowledge in educating people with Parkinson's, carers and healthcare professionals to manage Parkinson's Disease.

This is a part time post and the applicant should have the ability to travel across Bedfordshire as patients are seen in their own home and in clinics. Applicants should be dynamic, motivated with strong interpersonal skills which are essential to work collaboratively with people with Parkinsons, carers, and multidisciplinary teams. The successful applicant will work with other Parkinson's nurses, managing their own caseload of patients and ideally be a non medical prescriber.

You will be working as part of the Parkinsons team providing specialist nursing intervention for patients with Parkinsons disease. The post holder will carry out comprehensive specialist holistic assessments and use their 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 phonecalls 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.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

ELFT is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees, job applicants and service users. We are committed to ensuring that no one will be discriminated against on the grounds of race, colour, creed, ethnic or national origin, disability, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation or marital status. The Trust commits itself to promote equal opportunities and value diversity and will keep under review its policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, users and providers of its services are treated according to their needs.

For management posts, to ensure that within their service area fair employment practice and equality of opportunity are delivered

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for more information.

Parkinsons Specialist Nurse
East London NHS Foundation Trust

www.nhs.uk
London, United Kingdom
Amanda Pritchard
$5 to $25 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
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1946
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