Parkinson's Specailist Nurse

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust in Oxford is looking for an experienced Parkinson's Nurse responsible for providing high-quality care to patients. This role involves home visits, working autonomously, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to improve service delivery. Applicants must have a first-level nursing degree and a desire to contribute to ongoing service development. Join us in delivering compassionate excellence in patient care.

Qualifications

• Must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• Demonstrable postgraduate level working required.
• Relevant specialist postgraduate qualification in Neurosciences is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Be clinically and professionally responsible for Parkinson's patients.
• Carry out home visits to patients and liaise with multidisciplinary teams.
• Contribute to service development with a strong focus on audit, research, and evidence-based practices.

Skills

High level of communication skills

Organisational ability

Clinical decision making

Education

First level degree in nursing

Teaching / Assessment / Mentoring qualification

Job description

Overview

To be clinically and professionally responsible for Parkinson's patients throughout the pathway, providing and maintaining a high standard of care. To maintain and continually develop specialist knowledge and skills pertinent to the clinical area. To carry out home visits or review patients in nursing home and community hospital settings. To actively liaise with the multidisciplinary team and the wider organisation to ensure a seamless pathway of care for service users. Work autonomously, and take responsibility for the ongoing care and support of service users using a broad range of highly specialist complex advanced clinical nursing and decision making skills, which may include prescribing where appropriate. Contribute to ongoing service development which has a strong focus on audit, research and evidence based practice.

• Maintain, advance and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through ongoing self-education and attendance at relevant courses of study.
• Develop and maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other nurse specialists at a local and National level.
• Maintain own professional portfolio.
• Contribute to the development of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service.
• Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff involved in the delivery of this service.
• Contribute to the teaching and support of students from the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes.
• Provide an appropriate learning environment, including mentorship, coaching and preceptorship.
• Contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
• Improve quality and develop practice: Parkinson's Specialist Nurses will be able to participate in ongoing service review and evaluation, including monitoring of patient experience.
• Participate in research / audit to generate new evidence in area of speciality.
• Evaluate clinical practice in relation to its evidence base and clinical effectiveness.
• Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
• Participate and actively seek peer review in practice.
• Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local and national service needs and develop personal development plans.
• Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self-appraisal, clinical supervision and networking with other health care professionals locally, nationally and internationally.
• Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence based practice and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
• Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice through conferences and professional publications.
• Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /speciality updates are completed and necessary records maintained.

General Conditions

The management of risk is the responsibility of everyone and will be achieved within a progressive, honest and open environment. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Parkinson's Nurse is a highly experienced, knowledgeable and educated member of the Parkinson's Service and Lionel Cosin Day Hospital who is able to work autonomously making high level decisions to treat the health needs of patients with Parkinsons. The Parkinson's Nurse will be expected to visit patients at their homes, nursing homes or community hospital. Practice a high level of communication skills and organisational ability to sustain partnership with individuals, groups, managers, stakeholders and industry to ensure the high profile of the service is maintained.

Qualifications

• First level degree (HEI level 5 or 6) in nursing
• Demonstrable post graduate level working
• Teaching / Assessment / Mentoring qualification

Desirable criteria

• Relevant specialist post-graduate qualification in Neurosciences or equivalent clinical experience
• Registered Non-medical prescriber, Knowledge of the key professional issues and NMC guidelines relating to professional practice
• Evidence of being able to work across organisational boundaries
• Demonstrates up to date knowledge and extensive expertise in the speciality
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration

Desirable criteria (continuation)

• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

About the Trust

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel. In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment. If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.