Paediatric Epilepsy Specialist Nurse

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Long Eaton is seeking an enthusiastic registered children's nurse to join their epilepsy team. This role involves providing expert support and education to families while working within a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will engage with both children and healthcare professionals, enhancing their nursing practice in a supportive environment. This position also offers professional development opportunities, making it an exciting step for those looking to advance their careers.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Post registration experience as a children's nurse.
• Ability to provide expert support to children and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert information and education about epilepsy.
• Support families through a telephone helpline.
• Participate in the Epilepsy 12 audit.

Skills

Experience in epilepsy care

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Registered children's nurse

Job description

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.

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.

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.

Benefits

• 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.