Specialist Practitioner for Parkinsons Disease REDHILL

Job summary

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional, specialist care to people living with Parkinsons Disease? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join our dedicated Neuro Specialist Team. This is a rewarding community-based role where you will make a real difference supporting patients, their families, and carers to live well with Parkinsons.

Were looking for someone who is passionate about patient-centred care and long-term condition management with strong organisational and clinical decision-making skills.

You must be able to communicate with confidence and compassion and thrive on working both independently and as part of a team

We are committed to staff development ensuring that our specialist post holders are knowledgeable, confident and competent in their specialism. We therefore are opening this post up to Band 6s who wish to develop into a future Band 7 specialist practitioner/nurse role in the community.

You will find attached the band 7 job description (JD), if you would like to see the band 6 JD please reach out to our recruitment team at fchc.recruitment@nhs.net.

To be eligible for either post you must:

• Be a Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional eligible to become an Independent Prescriber (if the qualification is not already held)
• Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes

Main duties of the job

This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a meaningful and impactful role within a supportive and forward-thinking organisation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Managing an active caseload of people with Parkinsons Disease, throughout their disease pathway. Working with patients and their carers to provide interventions and to develop self-management plans to optimise health and quality of life and reduce avoidable hospital admission.

Working in collaboration with patients and their carers, GPs & Hospital Consultants to achieve optimum therapeutic benefit from medication and treatment regimes.

Supporting the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist care to patients with Parkinsons Disease and be an integral part of the Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team and Neuro Specialist Team at First Community.

Developing and delivering education and training relating to specialist area - for the MDT, for other health and social care professionals and for people affected by their condition and carers.

For an informal discussion, we encourage you to contact: Diane Winchester, Clinical Lead for Long Term Conditions.

About us

Do you want to be part of an organisation recognised as one of the top community providers to work for in the country, delivering high quality NHS care? (2025 Staff Survey results)

First Community is a staff owned social enterprise rated Good by CQC, which delivers NHS community services across east Surrey and parts of West Sussex. We are looking for individuals who share our values First-rate care, First-rate people, First-rate value.

First Community is a great place to work, everyone has a voice and is supported to develop their career to its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, high quality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable a good work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, NHS pension, flexible retirement options and various employee benefits.

Please talk to us before applying or at interview about the flexibility you need. We may not be able to meet your needs exactly, but we do promise to fully consider your request and meet your needs where possible. Flexible working options may vary depending on the role.

At First Community we welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities. All applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments.

Sustainability is integral to First Community achieving the NHS Net Zero target.

Job responsibilities

• To manage an active caseload of people with Parkinsons and to work with patients and their carers to provide interventions and to develop self-management plans for Parkinsons to optimise health and quality of life and reduce avoidable hospital admission.
• To work with in collaboration with patients and their carers, GP & Hospital Consultants, to achieve optimum therapeutic benefit from medication and treatment regimen.
• To support the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist care to patients with Parkinsons disease.
• To develop and deliver education and training relating to Parkinsons Disease for the MDT, for other health and social care professionals and for people affected by Parkinsons.
• To share expertise which is relevant to other long-term neurological conditions with other members of the MDT where appropriate.
• Be an integral part of the Community Stroke and Neuro Rehabilitation Team and Neurological Conditions Specialist Practitioner team.
• The post holder will maintain a clinical caseload for people with Parkinsons Disease.

When completing your application please refer to both the Application Guide and full Job Description & Person Specification - these can be found under supporting documents.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• Demonstrates a passion for the care provision for those with Parkinsons Disease and other neurological conditions.
• Enthusiasm to learn and develop further expertise in this field.
• A full UK driving license and access to a car are also essential, as this role involves community based working.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 5 years post registration experience with evidence of experience working in a relevant specialist field
• Evidence of successful service developments and innovations.
• Evidence of delivering teaching/training.
• Evidence of cross boundary working in partnership with other agencies.
• Experience of working with neurological or end of life patients.
• Up to date evidence of continued professional development.
• Evidence of knowledge and experience of proactive multi-disciplinary team working, being flexible and responding positively to change.

Desirable

• Experience of Audit & Benchmarking
• Risk Management.
• Experience of line management of teams.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of Parkinsons Disease as a neurological condition.
• Knowledge and understanding current guidance/policy (e.g., NICE relevant best practice standards)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge and understanding of CQC requirements.



Skills

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent clinical assessment skills.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Expertise in self-management strategies.
• Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy.
• Decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to act as an advocate where appropriate. Ability to deal with highly complex and sensitive information with empathy and reassurance.



Desirable

• Strong presentation skills.
• Auditing skills
• Excellent evaluation and negotiating skills



Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration (Degree Level)
• Evidence of further relevant post registration courses to Degree level.
• Independent Prescribing Qualification (or prepared to work toward obtaining one).
• MSC or willing to work towards.



Desirable

• Leadership and Management Qualification.
• Advanced physical assessment.
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification.
• Counselling qualification

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).