Headache Nurse Specialist

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A university hospital in York is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Headache to manage a defined caseload and provide specialised care. The ideal candidate will have an interest or some experience in neurology and be motivated to learn. Key responsibilities include developing treatment plans, providing patient care, and ensuring effective use of resources. The position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for training and professional development.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Commitment to staff wellbeing

Generous relocation package

Qualifications

• Interest or experience in neurology.
• Extremely motivated, proactive, and dedicated.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload and assess care needs.
• Implement and evaluate programmes of care.
• Provide specialised treatment plans including Botox injections.
• Offer specialist nursing care and advice to a patient group.
• Ensure cost-effective use of resources.

Job description

The Neurology/Headache Team has an exciting new opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Headache. This role would be suitable for a candidate who has an interest or some experience in neurology with relevant knowledge and who is keen to develop their skills in this area.

The successful candidate will work under the supervision of the current Advanced Headache Nurse Specialist and Consultant Neurologists. The aim will be to enable them to develop their competencies in this highly specialised role. This is a highly satisfying, but demanding role and it is essential that candidates are extremely motivated, proactive, dedicated and willing to learn.

In return we can offer you:

• A supportive and friendly working environment
• Active encouragement to learn and develop within your role
• Training to achieve competency and autonomy in the delivery of Botox and Greater Occipital Nerve block treatment for patients with chronic migraine and other headaches
• Dedicated career pathways and great opportunities for continuing professional development
• Commitment to, and support for, your wellbeing

Main duties of the job include:

• Responsibility for the management of a defined caseload
• Continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care
• Provision of specialised treatment plans for patients including Botox and Greater Occipital Nerve block injections
• Provision of specialist nursing care and advice to a specific patient group and contribute to the development of the specialty service
• Ensuring cost effective use of resources
• If working as a non-medical prescriber to also initiate and prescribe treatment and evaluate its clinical effectiveness

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from everyone. We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and offer a range of benefits, including access to the NHS Pension Scheme, generous holiday entitlement, and a variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave.

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and are committed to supporting all Defence personnel. Please note that some of our substantive vacancies may be available on a smaller number of hours than advertised.

We offer a generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully.