Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 343-6362598-SS-Y
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 pro rata pa inc of HCAS ( outer London )
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Epilepsy
Band 7
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced paediatric nurse to join our Specialist Nursing Team to be an integral part of a team providing care for children/young people with epilepsy. You will manage a caseload of children/young people and liaise regularly with Consultants, Health visitors, School Nurses, GP’s, tertiary centres etc to enable children/young people to manage their condition.
Main duties of the job
You should have a good understanding of the management of epilepsy and the impact of the condition of the child/young person/family, be able to coordinate care and access to community resources (e.g nursery / school / out of school activities) as required. The Specialist Nursing roles require individuals to develop expertise in the speciality, be able to teach and support staff in the clinical areas, undertake research and audit as required and consider how to gain patient feedback to review and improve services. You should be an effective communicator, motivated and self-directed and willing to continue to develop professionally. Opportunities will be available to training.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier children’s services have been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’ as well as being given great feedback from the London Healthy Partnership peer review. Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children is based at the St Helier site. Children are seen in the dedicated Paediatric A&E which sits alongside the adult ED; Outpatient clinics, Ward and assessment unit. The post holder will work with the Epilepsy team consisting of Consultants with Special interest Associate Specialist and the post holder with secretarial support by one of the Patient Pathway Co-ordinators (PPC). At the Epsom site there is also a Consultant with Special interest in Epilepsy and a PT Epilepsy Nurse Specialist.
We recognise that our team members are our greatest asset – it’s their hard work and effort that really makes a difference. That’s why we encourage our staff to fulfil their full potential. We’ll do everything we can to support you, along with offering excellent learning and development opportunities. You will be supported by our enthusiastic Divisional Children’s Team. We have in-house training, links to a range of London Universities and their accredited courses. Every nurse has a tailor made personal and professional development plan to support their career development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information or an informal visit please contact Rachael Cooper (Paediatric Matron - Specialist Nursing) on 07393251901| E: [email protected].
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- RSCN/Child Branch
- Degree Education
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable criteria
- Working towards or willingness to work towards Masters Degree
- Experience in caring for children with epilepsy/ specialist training in this field
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience in caring for children
- Demonstrate clear understanding of the role of the epilepsy nurse specialist within a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of management (patient / caseload or staff team)
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to deal with situations of conflict in a professional manner
- Proven teaching ability
- Ability to work independently and demonstrate an ability to make autonomous decisions
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to build effective relationships with patients, carers, colleagues and stakeholders internal and external to the organization
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Highly developed skills and expertise in epilepsy
- Presentation and facilitation skills.
- Previous experience of audit / data collection
- Previous research knowledge, or be willing to undertake
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Diplomatic and tactful
- Dedicated to the provision of high quality services to patients
- Professional attitude
- Self-motivated and resourceful
- Able to prioritise workload
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Responsive to change
Desirable criteria
- Flexible attitude toward ways and hours of working
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachael Cooper
- Job title
- Paediatric Matron - Specialist Nurses
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07393251901
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