Parkinson's Disease Specialist Practitioner

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to develop and consolidate specialist skills in Parkinson's disease, working across the acute and community pathways.

The Parkinson’s Specialist Practitioner will be responsible for the provision of specialist clinical support for people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and parkinsonian syndromes who are living in City and Hackney, and their carers. The role sits within the Adult Community Rehabilitation Team and works in collaboration with the Advanced clinical practitioner in Parkinsons and the Movement disorder service at Homerton Hospital. This will include patient and carer advice and support, facilitation and advice on access to therapy and other support services, monitoring and adjustment of medication.

This post is open to health care professionals with relevant training including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, dietitians , pharmacists and nurses.

Experience in working with people with Parkinson’s Disease is essential, but candidates may not have specialist knowledge of PD; a willingness and ability to develop the required levels of expertise is required.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will:

Have/develop specialist skills in the care of patients with PD including the co-ordination and delivery of treatments, evaluating patient management and identifying strategies for the further development of a high quality and cost effective service.

• Work as an autonomous practitioner.
• Receive direct referral for patients with PD and manage the caseload independently and without supervision.
• Be able to communicate and negotiate in complex situations and across a range of teams/ specialities.
• Work closely with the Adult Community Rehabilitation Team, Integrated Independence team (IIT), Adult community nursing and neighbourhood teams in order to develop and influence an integrated approach to the delivery of the care to patients with PD in City and Hackney.
• Work closely with the Homerton Neurology and Elderly Care teams to develop robust referral and diagnostic pathways to improve access and equity of expertise in the management of PD across the trajectory of the disease course and to minimise inappropriate hospital visits or admissions
• Work within the Homerton Movement Disorders clinic.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

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.