Job overview

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen to join our team as a Community Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist. We are looking for a passionate, proactive, and flexible nurse with a strong work ethic and a forward-thinking approach.

In this senior role, you will provide expert nursing care and clinical leadership in the management of Parkinson’s disease and related conditions for the local population of Coventry. You will play a vital part in the ongoing development of our Parkinson’s service, driving innovation and ensuring clinical excellence.

Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, you will deliver a responsive, patient-centred service. You will support individuals living with Parkinson’s and their families by providing:

• Personalised care planning and management,
• Expert counselling and education,
• Advice and support for queries and concerns.

If you are committed to delivering outstanding care and improving outcomes for people affected by Parkinson’s, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with the Community Parkinson Team and across the UHCW Community Group, providing specialist Parkinson assessment, care planning and advice, supervision and support for clinicians across the City to ensure the delivery of quality, safe and effective ways of working within Parkinson care pathways. To provide clinical and managerial leadership and expert advice for the Parkinson care provision ensuring the service is clinically safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable and patient focused.

The post holder will demonstrate a systematic approach to the monitoring, review and evaluation of Parkinson care provision and ensuring high quality care is provided to patients/clients. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the Community service team are competent and confident in delivering responsive Parkinson nursing care provision and clinical pathways in line with Trust policies, pathways, guidelines and SOP’s. The post holder will support relevant clinical leaders across Place Based Teams and Community Services to lead competent and confident Place Based Team staff in delivering responsive Parkinson provision and clinical pathways in line with Trust policies, pathways, guidelines, and SOP’s. 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.