Clinical Nurse Specialist- Epilepsy

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinical nurse specialist in children's epilepsy to join our well established and supportive epilepsy team based at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

The successful applicant will join the specialist nursing team in delivering the highest standards of epilepsy nursing care to children , young people and their family within the North Derbyshire area. This will be delivered through a variety of ways including outpatients clinics, inpatient contacts on the children's ward or community settings such as homes and schools.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an individual who has a wealth of experience in working with children and young people diagnosed with epilepsy. The successful applicant will be registered children's nurse who is passionate about providing high quality epilepsy nursing care and support to children, young people and their family.

You will have the ability to work as part of the epilepsy team and autonomously where required, within the parameters of clinical guidelines/polices and scope of professional practice.

The successful applicant will work collaboratively, providing specialist epilepsy advice to other agencies including social care, education and wider health colleagues. you will be required to organise your own workload, whilst considering epilepsy team and other service demands.

The successful candidate will be a non-medical prescriber or have a willingness to work towards this within an agreed timescale.

About us

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff .

We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st level degree or equivalent experience
• 1st level registered Children's Nurse
• Epilepsy specialist related qualification (for example BPNA Paediatric Epilepsy Training)
• V300 Non-medical nurse prescriber qualification (or willing to work towards within an agreed time scale)
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Advanced communication course/qualification

Desirable

• Master's degree level learning or prepared to work towards
• Epilepsy specialist course at degree or diploma level
• Community Nursing degree (or equivalent)
• Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience working as a CNS for children and young people with epilepsy
• Experience of managing a defined caseloads and prioritising care
• Ability to conduct nurse led clinics
• Awareness of quality assurance/peer review process
• Management and leadership experience
• MDT/multiagency working within other settings including acute, community, primary and tertiary health care. Able to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
• Change management
• Awareness of quality assurance/peer review process

Skills

Essential

• Sound negotiation skills, with the ability to deal with difficult or challenging situations.
• Effective communication skills
• Understanding of confidentiality and information governance with excellent record keeping
• Audit experience and subsequent quality improvement
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Computer literacy
• Risk management awareness
• Awareness of national guidelines/policy for children and young people with epilepsy.

Desirable

• Experience of running nurse led clinics
• Experience of using system one
• Experience of delivering epilepsy specific educational sessions for patient/family, educational & social care colleagues and wider MDT
• Writing reports

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Professional, positive attitude, self-motivated
• Able to manage and organise own workload with conflicting priorities
• Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously
• Able to work under pressure
• Proactive in the continued development of the service Adaptable to meet service needs
• Full Driving Licence, for disabled applicants' alternative arrangements may be arranged, if necessary. Willing to travel distances for community visits or dedicated epilepsy clinic

Demonstrate Proud to Care

Essential

• Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement