Epilepsy Specialist Nurse

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Billericay; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Epilepsy Nurse to join our specialist team covering south west Essex. You will support the clinical lead, run nurse-led clinics in the community, review medications, and provide guidance to patients and carers, including home visits and remote support.

The role requires registered nursing status with an interest in Epilepsy and a background in community care, with a focus on coordinating with MDTs and primary/secondary care.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a registered nurse.
• Interest in Epilepsy and community-based care.
• Ability to educate patients, carers and MDT members.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical lead in managing epilepsy patients in the community.
• Hold nurse-led clinics in the community and review medications.
• Provide advice over the phone or virtually and conduct home visits.

Skills

Registered nurse

Epilepsy interest

Community nursing

Patient education

Home visits

Education

NMC registration

Tools

EHR (electronic health records)

Job description

Job Overview

Are you looking for a new challenge, do have at least 2 years experience working as a registered nurse with an interest in Epilepsy. If so we would love you to come and join our small specialist team of Epilepsy Nurses covering south west Essex.

Main duties of the job

As part of our team you will support the clinical lead in managing patients in the community with Epilepsy. Your duties will include holding independent nurse-led clinics in the community, reviewing current medications and how patients are coping with their condition, giving advice over the phone or virtually, responding to urgent tasks, home visits to patients and residential and nursing homes, educating the wider MDT in the management of Epilepsy and supporting carers in providing care plans on how to manage seizures, and working closely with both secondary and primary care in the management of Epilepsy.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see attached Job description.

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They Are

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,303 to a maximum of £2,198 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications. Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience. We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.

Please See The Attached Job Description And Person Specification

For more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

Name: Maria Prades

Job title: Clinical lead for Epilepsy service

Contact Number

Email: [e-mail]