{"id":3823,"date":"2022-11-11T17:13:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T17:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2022-11-11T17:13:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T17:13:48","slug":"we-are-hiring-a-parkinsons-specialist-clinician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/2022\/11\/11\/we-are-hiring-a-parkinsons-specialist-clinician\/","title":{"rendered":"We are hiring a Parkinson&#8217;s Specialist Clinician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to be starting the recruitment process with the Kent MS Therapy Centre for a Parkinson&#8217;s Specialist Clinician to help us establish and grow the Parkinson&#8217;s Centre for Integrated Therapy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>About us<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kent Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre is a Charity based in Canterbury. We are professional, engaging, collaborative and our goal is to support people living with MS or other neurological conditions across Kent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Parkinson&#8217;s Specialist Clinician<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kent Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre and The University of Kent have partnered in an exciting new venture to open the UK\u2019s first specialised centre for non-drug therapy in Parkinson\u2019s disease. The Parkinson\u2019s Centre for Integrated Therapy will open its doors in early 2023 to provide comprehensive access to the most sought-after non-drug treatments, providing individualised, integrated care to improve physical and mental well-being via therapies such as neuro- physiotherapy, group exercise, mental health support, speech and language therapy, group singing, nutritional advice, and massage.<\/p>\n<p>Based at the impressive, purpose-built Kent Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Canterbury, the Parkinson\u2019s Centre will also host cutting-edge research to develop new assessments and interventions, and to refine its model of care. This model takes a patient-centred approach, co- producing personalised care plans that promote self-management, home-based monitoring, the swift identification of new needs, and liaison with primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare providers to create a joined-up service.<\/p>\n<p>Education and training opportunities will be offered to train the next generation of healthcare practitioners and scientists in this integrated approach to non- drug management.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Job Purpose<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The role holder will develop, lead and help deliver the specialist clinical service to people with Parkinson\u2019s disease to improve their quality of life.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Key Accountabilities<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Act as an expert practitioner in the community-based care of people with Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Devise, initiate, revise and update clinical management plans in conjunction with patients and relevant internal and external healthcare practitioners and teams<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Provide timely, clinical advice and assessment of people with Parkinson\u2019s disease and their carers<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Independently manage the Centre caseload<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Ensure that relevant resources are allocated appropriately<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Liaise with external teams and agencies as needed<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Accurately maintain the electronic, clinical database<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Help evaluate service delivery and identify ways to improve it<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Support the delivery of research studies at the centre<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Help support volunteer assistants and clinical project\/placement students<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Help ensure that other healthcare practitioners at the Centre are working to agreed service specifications and standards of care<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Share best practice and work effectively alongside Multiple Sclerosis Therapists and staff at the Centre<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Help disseminate and promote findings to the clinical and academic communities<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Keep up-to-date with local and national policy development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the role and how to apply, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.indeed.com\/job\/parkinsons-specialist-clinician-603fccf1279c05b9\">Indeed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to be starting the recruitment process with the Kent MS Therapy Centre for a Parkinson&#8217;s Specialist Clinician to help us establish and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/2022\/11\/11\/we-are-hiring-a-parkinsons-specialist-clinician\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2419,"featured_media":3824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[118123,229063],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3825,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions\/3825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}