Job Title: Parkinson’s Disease Nurse

Reporting to: CEO

Location: Cork / Remote working including travel across the County and surrounding areas.

Contract type: 2-year fixed term contract

Weekly Hours: 35 hours per week, variable hours Monday to Friday plus occasional weekend and evening work

Probation: 6 months

Salary: Subject to experience

Organisation overview

Parkinson’s Ireland (PI) is a charity based in Dublin with branches throughout the Republic of Ireland. The aims of PI are included in the PAI strategic plan which can be viewed at the following link: https://www.parkinsons.ie/strategic-plan-2023-2027/

We do this through educating the public and raising awareness. We fundraise to help provide essential services, throughout the country. Currently our primary push is to finance the provision of Parkinson’s Nurse Specialists, ideally working in association with neurologists or geriatricians, based in the community.

Job Purpose

The Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Nurse is a specialist leader, manager, collaborator practitioner, educator, researcher and administrator. This role seeks to provide social, psychological, and educational support on how to manage Parkinson’s for patients, carers and their families.

Aligned to the PI Strategy, the job holder will work closely with the other PI Nurses and other PI team members and will have responsibility for proactively assisting with the development of the PI service. The primary focus is to provide education, Parkinson’s training and advice on Parkinson’s management to persons living with Parkinson’s disease in Co. Cork and the surrounding areas, their relatives and care partners, and the wider community to ensure their ability to manage all aspects of their PD with the aim of facilitating self-care where possible.

Please see Job Description attached below.

Closing date: Friday, the 26th of July 2024 at 5pm.

 To apply: please send your CV and a cover letter to ceo@parkinsons.ie