Job summary
- Main area
- Community Parkinson's disease nurse specialist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Secondment
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 382-IMEC15-26
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Moor Park health centre
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Come and join our small friendly team delivering excellent patient centred holistic care to our Parkinson's disease patients across the Fylde coast. The successful candidate will have a keen interest in Parkinson's disease and will provide expert clinical care, education and support to our patients and families living with Parkinson's disease. The post holder will work autonomously and as part of a supportive multi disciplinary team to deliver patient centre care that promotes independence, symptom management and enhances quality of life for our patients and their families.
Main duties of the job
Deliver comprehensive assessment, diagnosis support and ongoing management of individuals living with Parkinson's disease.
-Develop, implement and review plans of care in collaboration with patients, families and other healthcare professionals.
-Monitor motor and non-motor symptoms, medication effectiveness and potential side effects.
-Conduct home visits and community clinics.
-Act as a point of contact for patients, carers, GP's and other healthcare professionals supported by the Parkinson's disease team.
-Provide psychological support to patients and carers adjusting to diagnosis and disease progression.
-Advocate for patients to ensure access to appropriate services, benefits and support networks.
-Contribute to the development of Parkinson's disease services across the Trust.
-Participate in audit, research and evidence based practice initiatives.
-Maintain accurate documentation and comply with professional and regulatory standards.
Working for our organisation
As a member of the Parkinson's disease team the successful candidate will be supported by our Lead Consultant in Parkinson's disease and our Nurse consultant. You will also have the support of our wider Care of the Older Person department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Parkinson's disease nurse specialist the successful candidate will have a keen interest in Parkinson's disease and will be an autonomous, highly skilled qualified nurse responsible for delivering specialist nursing care to our patients and their families living with Parkinson's disease.
The post holder will provide expert assessment, care planning, symptom management, education and support to our patients. You will be supported by the Care of older people Consultants and Nurse Consultant. The role aims to promote self management, maintain independence,prevent avoidable hospital admissions and improve overall quality of life. The PDNS will act as an advocate, educator and key worker under the guidance of the Care of Older consultant team and will work collaboratively across primary, secondary and voluntary care services.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
-Undertake comprehensive holistic assessments of patients with Parkinson's disease, including motor and non motor symptom evaluation.
-Develop, implement and regularly review individual care plans in partnership with patients and carers.
-Monitor disease progression and treatment effectiveness, identifying complications and deterioration early.
-Support medication titration and advanced therapies where appropriate.
-Identify and manage common complications such as falls, dysphagia, cognitive impairment, mood disorders, sleep disturbances and autonomic dysfunction.
-Deliver care in a variety of settings including clinics, patients homes and care homes.
-Support end of life planning and palliative care in collaboration with relevant services.
-Manage and prioritise a defined caseload of patients across the Fylde coast.
-Respond to urgent referrals and provide timely clinical interventions to prevent hospital admissions where possible.
-Provide ongoing emotional, psychological and practical support following diagnosis and throughout disease progression.
-Educate patients and carers on symptom managemnt, medication adherence, lifestyle modifications and available support services.
-Signpost to community resources, support groups, benefits advice and voluntary organisations.
-Participate in MDT meetings and case discussions.
-Maintain up to date knowledge of current research, national guidlines and best practice in Parkinson's disease care.
-Contribute to service evaluation, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
-Promote high standards of care, safeguarding and risk management.
-Identify safeguarding concerns and escalate appropriately.
-Ensure compliance with professional codes of conduct and local policies.
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- First level Registered Nurse with current registration with the NMC
- Leadership training (LEO/LPC) or equivalent experience
- Teaching qualification
Desirable criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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 criteria
- Previous case management experience.
SKILLS AND ABILITY
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Evidence of advanced clinical assessment skills
- Writing of policy/procedures relating to care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie White
- Job title
- Nurse consultant in Parkinson's disease
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07442 819296
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