Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidates to join our Parkinson's team .
We would welcome all candidates with transferable skills and are offering this as a development opportunity for band 5 or band 6 Nurses with a specific interest in Parkinson's and other movement disorders. We are offering hours trust wide .
Our Parkinson's team provide excellent clinical management to people with Parkinson's and other related neurological conditions. We work to deliver multidisciplinary evidence based practice that improves outcomes for patients and their carers, providing strategies and interventions to achieve goals and embed self management. Through out all sites in the trust.
Main duties of the job
Provide skilled and knowledgeable care and advice to patients and their carers.
Complete assessments , planning , implementing and evaluating direct care to patients.
Work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Contribute to the high quality Parkinson's service with in Northumbria trust.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Parkinson's team provide excellent clinical management to people with Parkinson's and other related neurological conditions. We work to deliver multidisciplinary evidence based practice that improves outcomes for patients and their carers, providing strategies and interventions to achieve goals and embed self management throughout all sites in the trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Parkinson's team provide excellent clinical management to people with Parkinson's and other related neurological conditions. We work to deliver multidisciplinary evidence based practice that improves outcomes for patients and their carers, providing strategies and interventions to achieve goals and embed self management throughout all sites in the trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Degree in nursing/ health studies or working towards
- ENB A43 or other recognized course in Parkinson's or demonstrable specialist experience
- Recognised teaching/mentorship qualification
- Practice development course / qualification or equivalent Clinical skills training
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Nurse prescriber
- Post Graduate Qualification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Degree in nursing/ health studies or working towards
- ENB A43 or other recognized course in Parkinson's or demonstrable specialist experience
- Recognised teaching/mentorship qualification
- Practice development course / qualification or equivalent Clinical skills training
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Nurse prescriber
- Post Graduate Qualification
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
