Parkinson's Clinical Nurse Specialist | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	21 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	20 February 2026
Location:	York, YO31 8HE
Company:	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7704760/419-7704760-CNS-MY

Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic nurse to join our multidisciplinary team as a band 6 Parkinson's Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Our multidisciplinary team currently consists of; elderly care doctors, a nurse and clinical leads for physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Our team works within elderly medicine and has a caseload of patients in York, Easingwold, Malton, Pocklington, Selby and Tadcaster.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated nurse who has a particular interest and passion in looking after elderly people with Parkinson's. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and relevant experience to deliver high quality, specialist care to people with Parkinson's. They will be an integral part of the ongoing development within our patient centred service. In recent years the service has transformed to reflect the needs of our patient group both in and out of hospital.

We are committed to continuous professional development and will offer on-going training within the Parkinson's service. There are established competencies for band 6 Parkinson's Clinical Nurse Specialist via the Parkinson's competency framework. You will be able to use and develop your clinical leadership skills through service pathway innovations that will lead to real quality improvements

It is essential to be a car driver to meet the needs of the role. We would highly recommend arranging an informal visit.

It is an exciting time to join our service. You will be responsible for the assessment and management of people with Parkinson's.

This will include complex history taking, physical examination and ongoing patient assessment. We care for patients in outpatient clinics, during inpatient stays, via telephone consultations and where appropriate provide community visits. The service has an MDT clinic/meeting once weekly.

Your duties will include but not be limited to:
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Demonstrating your experience in management of patients with chronic and progressive conditions.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner to deliver an expert nursing service within this highly specialist area
• Ensuring that patients with Parkinson's conditions receive the highest standard of care, with an emphasis on providing expert advice and support to patients and carers, including psychological support.
• To manage a caseload of patients/clients with Parkinson's Disease. Providing professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the specialty
• Ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity, and respect.
• Ensure patients are assessed, have care plans that are implemented and evaluated in accordance with the Trusts and NMC requirements.

If you want to make a real difference, are quality focused, enthusiastic, highly motivated and ready for a challenge then we want to hear from you!

For further information about working for our Trust, please visit:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits


We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension fordependants

• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

• Agenerous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k)to support with relocation expensesfor hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/managerat interview stage.

• A variety ofdifferent typesof paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

• Confidential advice and support on personal, work,familyand relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Workscheme

• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring,cinemaand financefrom a rangeof providers


For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.






A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note: Remote interviews are not available on this occasion. Interviews for this position are held in person ONLY and by applying you acknowledge that remote interviews will not be offered.


Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You areadvised to submityou application at the earliest opportunity.


Working for the Trust


Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.


Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive fromdifferent backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.


As part ofseekingto become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.


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This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Feb 2026

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