Inpatient Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackpool, FY38NRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
23 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate senior nurse with a genuine interest in Parkinson's disease to join our small team providing exper...
The inpatient Parkinson's disease specialist nurse provides expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing care for patients with Parkinson's disease during hospital admission. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely assessment, optimal symptom management, safe medication administration and high quality patient centred care. They will act as a key resource for patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals, promoting best practice, delivering education and training, and supporting service development to improve outcomes and experiences for our patients living with Parkinson's disease. They will provide specialist advice across the Trust for teams who refer patients through the Ereferral system. They will work closely with the community Parkinson's disease nurse specialists and provide cross cover when needed. They will have an interest in quality improvement and will play a key part in driving initiatives like 'Get It On Time' forward trustwide.
Deliver specialist assessment, management and support for patients living with Parkinsons disease both inpatients and in the community.
Provide expert advice on Parkinsons medication management, including the importance of timely administration.
Support patients, families and carers through education, counselling and care planning.
Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualised care plans for patients.
Provide education and training to healthcare professionals to enhance knowledge and confidence in Parkinsons disease.
Assist in the facilitation of safe discharge planning and effective communication with community and specialist services.
The Parkinson's team are a small but highly experienced and compassionate group led by our dynamic consultant geriatrician and supported by our nurse consultant. The team includes the community Parkinson's disease nurse specialist who support our patients in their own homes.
Education and Qualifications
Essential: - First level Registered Nurse with current registration with the NMC; - Leadership training (LEO/LPC) or equivalent experience; - Teaching qualification
Desirable
- 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
- 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: - Previous case management experience.
Skills and Ability
Essential
- 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: - Evidence of advanced clinical assessment skills; - Writing of policy/procedures relating to care
How to apply
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First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
9 October 2026
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