Parkinson's Specialist Nurse
Job overview
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 delivery.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible for providing specialist assessment, treatment, and management for a defined caseload of patients with complex needs, ensuring care is delivered safely, effectively, and in line with professional and organisational standards. This includes undertaking comprehensive assessments, developing and implementing individualised treatment plans, and evaluating patient outcomes.
You will work autonomously while also contributing to multidisciplinary team discussions, care planning, and decision-making processes. The role requires effective communication with patients, families, and carers, supporting them to understand conditions, participate in care planning, and engage in rehabilitation.
The postholder will be expected to contribute to the operational running of the service, including managing referrals, prioritising workload, and maintaining accurate clinical records and activity data in line with Trust policies. You will also play a role in supervising junior staff, assistants, and students, supporting their development and ensuring high standards of practice.
In addition, the role includes active involvement in service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives, as well as contributing to clinical governance and risk management processes to support continuous service improvement.
