Children's Community Epilepsy Specialist Nurse

Transformationunitgm; Halifax; On-site; CAD 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Halifax is seeking a Children's Community Epilepsy Specialist Nurse. The role involves delivering high-quality healthcare and support to children with epilepsy, managing caseloads, and coordinating services in various community settings. Candidates should possess a strong commitment to patient safety, excellent leadership skills, and relevant qualifications, including a Registered Children’s Nurse status.

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for children with epilepsy.
• Experience working in the community with children with complex health needs.
• Ability to organise teaching sessions for staff members.

Responsibilities

• Support the Clinical Manager in the daily operational management of the service.
• Co-ordinate appropriate services for early discharge of children diagnosed with Epilepsy.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams to provide high-quality care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational Skills

Clinical Competency

Education

Registered Children’s Nurse

Specialist Practitioner at Degree level or willing to work towards

Pet 1 qualification epilepsy certificate or equivalent

Independent non-medical prescriber

Job description

Main area Paediatrics Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (up to 37.5 hours per week) Job ref 372-FSS2801

Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site rainbow community hub Town Halifax Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/2025 23:59

Children's Community Epilepsy Specialist Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visithttps://future.cht.nhs.uk/

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a paediatric registered nurse who has experience/interest in long term conditions to join the children's epilepsy team.

The post holder will work as part of this team ensuring the delivery of high-quality health care, education and support to children and families within the home, school and in various community settings

The post holder will need to have enthusiasm and a passion for patient safety and service improvement.

As a key member of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust you will be joining an exceptional team working together to put our patients first.

Main duties of the job

To support the Clinical Manager in the daily operational management and leadership of the Children’s Epilepsy Service ensuring the delivery of high-quality health care, education and support to children and families within the home, school and in various community settings.

To initiate and co-ordinate appropriate services in order to facilitate the early discharge and manage children and young people newly diagnosed with Epilepsy at home.

To liaise directly with the multidisciplinary team and other agencies to facilitate seamless high quality Epilepsy care to the child and family at home and clinic.

To work as a member of the Children’s Epilepsy multi-disciplinary Team, providing a holistic and developmental approach to Epilepsy from infancy through to adolescence.

To Work in conjunction with the Clinical Manager, nursing staff, paediatricians, service users and the Directorate and Divisional senior management teams, the post holder will co-ordinate, prioritise, appropriately delegate and organise the safe and effective running of services.

The Foundation Trust aims to design and implement services, policies and measures that meet the diverse needs of our service, population and workforce, ensuring that none are placed at a disadvantage over others

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS– yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· To effectively co-ordinate care to ensure a seamless and timely pathway of care for children and families.

To manage the patient caseload providing assessment, planning, implement and evaluate care delivery using clinical knowledge and clinical skills.

To provide specialist care and advice for young people and families in hospital /home /school /work & college via phone/ face to face

To be responsible for ensuring the provision of compassionate, safe and high quality care of all patients.

To ensure the delivery of quality care to patients and to supervise the working of junior staff during the span of duty.

To provide nursing clinical expertise, leadership and education, supervising junior staff to gain competence and expertise.

To confidently escalate in a timely manner to Clinical Manager, Matron, On Call Consultant, General Manager, Clinical Director, Associate Director of Nursing and Senior Management Team (as appropriate) concerns about patient safety, quality and experience, offering solutions and evidence-based recommendations.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

• Registered children’s Nurse
• Specialist Practitioner at Degree level or willing to work towards
• Pet 1 qualification epilepsy certificate or other equivalent course
• Pet 2 qualification or willing to work towards
• Independent non-medical prescriber
• Recognised teaching and assessing certificate
• APLS

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

• Previous experience of caring with children with epilepsy
• Experience of working in the community with children including children with complex health needs
• Experience of working with multi agency teams
• Have an excellent awareness of current issues and developments in the NHS and how this relates to service delivery
• A good knowledge of working across agencies in a community setting
• Competent in dealing with children, young people and their family’s diagnosis, treatment and psychological adjustment to illness
• Experience of working with children with medical needs and their families
• Be able to plan and organise teaching sessions for staff members
• Comprehensive level of clinical competency
• Evidence of previous project management

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

• To be able to work autonomously and independently
• Be able to organise and respond effectively to complex and difficult situations
• Ability to triage and prioritise own workload
• Demonstrate strong and dynamic leadership skills
• Enthusiastic and highly motivated
• Ability to manage stress for self and/or others
• Ability to work sensitively within a diverse population

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all.Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on theCheck if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact [e-mail] for assistance.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.