Parkinson's Disease Acp

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join the department of Older People’s Services at Ipswich Hospital, part of East Suffolk and North East Essex foundation as a full or part time Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our team and work with us to develop services to meet the needs of our older population, enabling them to age well and with dignity in an ever-changing landscape.

We don’t believe in always doing the same things and we welcome individuals who can bring new ideas and thoughts to the table. Our division and wider Trust supports the development of new services, along with opportunities to engage with research and innovative ways to deliver the best, tailored care to all our older adults.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner role will be integral in supporting the Multidisciplinary Team in the provision and delivery specialist care within the Older Persons Services.

Alongside clinical care you will develop a clear Parkinson’s pathway and standard operating procedure for Parkinson’s services. This role will encompass a 5-day working pattern.

You will join a team of skilled Parkinson’s Disease practitioners including nurses and Geriatricians. Our services provide inpatient and outpatient care for Parkinson’s Disease in addition to education for the inpatient teams.

We are assessing our patients at the point of need and helping to improve their long term care. This role will be integral in further developing clear Parkinson’s Disease pathways including locality based care, implementation of National Guidance, supporting specialist nurses and collaboration with the Geriatricians for an integrated service.

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.