About this role
Job summary
Lead, inspire, and shape specialist care in the community
Are you an experienced Nurse or Allied Health Professional ready to step into a leadership role?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Team Lead to join our Community Parkinson's Specialist Service in North Hampshire. This is a pivotal time to join a forward-thinking, multidisciplinary team, where you will play a key role in shaping and delivering high-quality care for people living with Parkinson's disease.
As a Clinical Team Lead, you will work in close partnership with the Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist (PDNS) to provide clinical leadership, service development, and expert care delivery across the community.
Main duties of the job
You will:
*Lead and manage a specialist caseload, ensuring high standards of patient-centred care
*Provide clinical leadership and supervision to team members, supporting development and best practice
*Oversee caseload management, referrals, admissions, discharges, and care coordination, ensuring safe and effective service delivery
*Deliver and support education, training, and mentorship for healthcare professionals across the system
*Drive quality improvement and service development initiatives, contributing to the ongoing evolution of the service
*Ensure care delivery aligns with NICE, NMC/AHP standards, and Department of Health guidance
You will work across a variety of community settings, including patients' homes, care homes, and community hospitals, demonstrating advanced assessment and decision-making skills.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Diploma/degree in nursing or Physiotherapy Current RN registration with the NMC or Physiotherapy HCPC registration Able to demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development Registered Nurse at Level 1 Relevant Parkinson's qualification obtained at recognised centre or willingness to undertake training. Relevant post qualification experience. Non Medical Prescribing Qualification (or working towards it). Hold current registration as an Independent and Supplementary non-medical prescriber with the NMC. Valid driving licence.
Desirable
Relevant first level degree. Teaching qualification Leadership/management qualification
Experience Essential
Knowledge and understanding of the National Guidelines for governing care of people with Parkinson's. Ability to demonstrate a commitment to multi-disciplinary team working. Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with other agencies. Willingness to demonstrate the potential for 'change management' approaches which extend existing practices Exposure to, understanding of and competence in IT facilities and systems. Significant experience of the care of people with Parkinson's.
Desirable
In depth experience of the care of people with Parkinson's Experience of caseload management. Experience of service development. Able to illustrate examples of service development initiated by the candidate.
Additional Criteria Essential
Able to prioritise workload and manage capacity according to demand. Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post. Current driving licence and access to vehicle for work. Ability to identify own training needs and undertake professional development Effective communication skills (written and verbal), both inter-professionally and multidisciplinary within the organisation Ability to adapt to change within working situation Profession specific skills regarding treatment techniques Ability to work in a busy environment
Desirable
Evidence of participating and delivering training to multi-disciplinary teams and students Supervision and mentorship experience Able to manage, supervise and direct a team and support staff as appropriate.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Parklands House
London Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4AP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)