Parkinson's Specialist Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to join a dynamic, multidisciplinary community neurorehabilitation service. The postholder will work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering high-quality, patient-centred assessment and intervention to individuals with complex neurological conditions within community and home-based settings. The role focuses on supporting patients across the rehabilitation pathway, promoting independence, and enabling safe and timely discharge from hospital services. You will utilise advanced clinical reasoning and specialist skills to assess needs, develop personalised care and rehabilitation plans, and evaluate outcomes. Working closely with colleagues, you will coordinate care, contribute to integrated working, and ensure a seamless patient journey.
Key responsibilities
- Provide specialist assessment, treatment, and management for a defined caseload of patients with complex needs.
- Undertake comprehensive assessments, develop and implement individualised treatment plans, and evaluate patient outcomes.
- Work autonomously while contributing to multidisciplinary team discussions, care planning, and decision-making.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, and carers, supporting their understanding and engagement in rehabilitation.
- Contribute to the operational running of the service, including managing referrals, prioritising workload, and maintaining accurate clinical records.
- Supervise junior staff, assistants, and students, supporting their development and ensuring high standards of practice.
Essential criteria
- RN Level 1 registration with the NMC
- Post registration PD qualification or equivalent experience
- Teaching/Mentorship qualification or equivalent experience
- Possession of a degree or equivalent
- Experience of working with PD patients
- Experience of working within a community setting.
- Demonstrates ability to develop new initiatives.
- Demonstrates experience in supervising
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, including complex reports.
- Ability to motivate self and others.
- A working knowledge of clinical governance and evidence-based practice.
- Ability to demonstrate specialist clinical expertise, including physical assessment and developing self-management action plans.
- Ability to demonstrate working autonomously in developing treatment plans, assessment, discharge planning for patients with complex care needs
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Sound working knowledge of guidelines in the field of PD
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the holistic needs of the client group.
- Understanding of the management of patients with Parkinson's Disease
- Requirement to hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless the candidate has a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
- Receptive to feedback and the willingness to learn and develop.
- Excellent communication skills with patients, carers, Health Care professionals and colleagues.
- Physically able to perform all aspects of the job.
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake this (band 7)
- Educated to Masters level in Parkinson's Nursing or Equivalent combination of post graduate/registration, qualification, short courses and experience
- Extensive post registration experience with demonstrable recent experience practising to a high level of expertise in PD at a specialist level (band 7)
- Evidence of influencing and implementing change/service development
- Ability to plan and develop services including visioning creating new services
- Physical dexterity to perform apomorphine challenges and demonstrate procedures
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £51,657 – £58,785 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Central London Community Health Trust
Parkinson's Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to join a dynamic, multidisciplinary community neurorehabilitation service within Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. The postholder will work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering high-quality, patient-centred assessment and intervention to individuals with complex neurological conditions within community and home-based settings.
The role focuses on supporting patients across the rehabilitation pathway, promoting independence, and enabling safe and timely discharge from hospital services. You will utilise advanced clinical reasoning and specialist skills to assess needs, develop personalised care and rehabilitation plans, and evaluate outcomes in line with evidence-based practice.
Working closely with colleagues across health and social care, you will play a key role in coordinating care, contributing to integrated working, and ensuring a seamless patient journey. The postholder will also support service development initiatives, clinical governance activities, and quality improvement, helping to shape and enhance service delive
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