BOB ICB Lead Epilepsy Nurse

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse. This role involves working autonomously at an advanced clinical level, providing leadership to nursing teams, and ensuring high-quality care for children and young people with epilepsy. You'll coordinate services across various healthcare settings, aiming to improve outcomes for patients, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The position offers opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements, making it an excellent opportunity for dedicated nursing professionals.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlement

Access to NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience.
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Develop excellence in Paediatric Epilepsy Service Delivery.
• Coordinate and report data to the BOB ICB Epilepsy Integrated Delivery Network.
• Support care for CYP with Epilepsy across various services.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical

Planning

Management

Education

Masters level education

NMC Registration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic Patient Records

Job description

Main area Epilepsy Grade Band 8a Contract 15 months (End date of fixed term contract September 2026) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 434-SCS7155727

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Stoke Mandeville Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/05/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• provide specialist spinal services at our world renownedNational Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Working autonomously at an advanced clinical and leadership level to instruct and coordinate delivery of patient care and KPIs, within the aims of the role and wider pilot.

Provide leadership and management to the Band 7 Epilepsy Nurse Specialists within Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust and provide an advisory and supportive resource to the Band 7 Epilepsy Nurse Specialists recruited to the other Acute Trusts within BOB ICB as part of the Pilot

Main duties of the job

This job is supported by Buckinghamshire Oxford and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) on behalf of the NHS England.

The purpose of this role is to develop excellence in Paediatric Epilepsy Service Delivery within Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and facilitate learning across the BOB ICB system footprint, including supporting the other acute trusts within the ICB to meet the KPI's within the pilot. This will include co-ordinating and reporting data to the BOB ICB Epilepsy Integrated Delivery Network to report into the CYP Transformation Programme. The role will support the provision of care for CYP with Epilepsy, including supporting the continuity of care across tertiary, secondary, primary, community and school health and mental health services where applicable.

The objective is to demonstrate the value of Epilepsy Specialist Nurses (ESNs) working across a system and across traditional healthcare-setting boundaries. We will ideally be looking to particularly work with, and improve outcomes for, those from areas of higher deprivation or with additional needs such as medical complexity, learning disability and autism, or transitioning to adult care.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number

Person specification

Academic / Professional Qualifications and Training

• NMC Registration
• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
• Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health & Social Care and individual provider and commissioning organisation.
• Leadership and Management Training.
• Independent prescriber V300.

Knowledge / Experience

• Advanced theoretical and practical specialist knowledge across the range of Paediatric epilepsy underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience.
• Substantial broad experience relevant to area of practice, with evidence of managing/ leading a team.
• Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills to enable accurate assessment and diagnosis of complex conditions appropriate to Paediatric epilepsy.
• Advanced clinical diagnostic skills including the ability to interpret EEG reports, blood tests and interventions ordered.
• Experience of using data and information in planning and providing services.
• Previous involvement in network or system level working and/or implementing pilot projects.

Communication Skills

• Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, and negotiate with senior stakeholders.
• Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.

Analytical

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options.
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
• Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.

Planning Skills

• Demonstrate capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.

Management Skills

• Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.

Autonomy/Freedom to Act

• Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)

Physical Skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills, Electronic Patient Records, and other relevant Trust and ICB clinical systems.
• Able to collate and clearly present information.

Equality and Diversity

• Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.

Financial and Physical Resources + Other section of person specification

• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
• Able to work autonomously and show initiative, proactively driving forward the development of a team and achievement of targets.
• Able to build relationships quickly with a variety of stakeholders, including epilepsy teams at local Trusts as well as ICBs and NHSE.
• Able to train, mentor and support more junior staff and build trust and strong working relationships within a team
• Used to working in a busy environment.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions.
• Professional calm and efficient manner.
• Effective organizer, influencer and networker.
• Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
• Completer/Finisher.

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successfulat interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.