Paediatric Epilepsy Specialist Nurse

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Paediatric Epilepsy Specialist Nurse to provide expert support and education to children with epilepsy and their families. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team and contributing to best practices in epilepsy care. Successful candidates will enjoy opportunities for professional growth and access to various staff benefits, including development opportunities and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Motivated registered children's nurse with post registration experience.
• Able to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert information, education, and support to children and their families.
• Serve as an educational resource for healthcare professionals.
• Take part in the Epilepsy 12 audit.

Skills

IT Skills

Verbal Communication Skills

Non Verbal Communication Skills

Education

RN Child/RSCN

Full Clean Driving Licence

Job description

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Epilepsy Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 08 January 2026

Do you have an interest or experience in epilepsy? We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated registered children's nurse with post registration experience to join the epilepsy team in Southern Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.

We provide accessible high quality, comprehensive health care for children and families in Derby and Burton. This is an exciting opportunity to work across 2 sites within the same Trust, supported by an enthusiastic and friendly Epilepsy Team.

We work within a committed multidisciplinary team which includes dieticians, neurophysiologists and an award winning youth team.

We offer Video EEG telemetry, Ketogenic diet and a teenage clinic for young adults. We hold weekly epilepsy team meetings and monthly peer review sessions. We hold 10 joint tertiary neurology clinics per year and we are part of the Children's Epilepsy Work stream in Trent.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve providing expert information, education and support to children and their families ensuring rapid access to advice via a telephone helpline and in the consultant led clinic setting.

The successful applicant will be an educational resource for health care professionals (hospital and community-based) in delivering current best practice for Epilepsy and will take part in the Epilepsy 12 audit.

The post holder will have the opportunity to build upon their existing knowledge and skills and further develop their own nursing practice.

Closing date of applications: 8th January 2026

Interview date: 22nd January 2026

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Experience & Qualifications

• RN Child/RSCN
• Full Clean Driving Licence

Skills and Ability

• IT Skills
• Verbal and Non Verbal Communication Skills

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Able to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, families and staff

Planning and Organisational Skills

• Able to manage own workload and prioritise as necessary
• Able to identify and solve problems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust