Children's Epilepsy Clinical Nurse

UHNM; Stoke-on-Trent; Remote; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) is seeking a band 5 Children’s Epilepsy Nurse to join the Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke Hospital. You will care for children with epilepsy, working under the guidance of a Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist, and provide family-centered nursing within a multidisciplinary team.

The role focuses on delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, developing epilepsy-specific skills, and supporting patients and their families

Qualifications

• Registered Children’s Nurse on NMC Register.
• Experience caring for children with epilepsy.
• ENB 998 / Mentorship level 3 or equivalent or experience of teaching in the clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care to children with epilepsy and their families.
• Collaborate with the Children’s Epilepsy Nurse Specialist team and MDT.
• Support and promote evidence-based care for pediatric epilepsy patients.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Teamwork

IT skills

Education

Registered Children’s Nurse (NMC Register)

Job description

Are you looking for your new challenge, do you want to make a difference to the lives of children and young people in with epilepsy? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, innovative and motivated Children’s Registered Nurse to join Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at the Royal Stoke Hospital as a band 5 Children’s Epilepsy Nurse.

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual with experience in caring for children with epilepsy. You will be fully supported to develop existing and new skills working within a framework of competence. You will be supported by a Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist.

Main duties of the job

The Children’s Epilepsy Nurse will work as part of an expanding team working alongside clinicians with a specialist interest in Epilepsy. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Childrens Epilepsy Nurse Specialist team to deliver nursing skills, knowledge and expertise to children, young people and their families/carers with a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of epilepsy and will be a point of contact between primary, secondary, tertiary care and the wider multi-disciplinary team. They will facilitate best practice and evidence-based care for children and young people with a diagnosis of epilepsy.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a caring individual with the knowledge base and skills requires for caring for children with epilepsy and their families. The candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, be innovative and flexible and committed to evidence-based care.

Interview for the post will be undertaken for the position 7 days after the closing date.

Qualifications

• Registered Children’s Nurse on NMC Register
• Pet 1 and 2 qualification epilepsy certificate or willingness to undertake

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

• Previous experience of caring for children with epilepsy.
• ENB 998 /Mentorship level 3 or equivalent or experience of teaching in the clinical areas
• IT and computer skills

Personal Qualities

• Able to use own initiative.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Important information about your application

• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
• New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

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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.