Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist - Epilepsy

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Children’s Epilepsy Service for a permanent band 7 nurse for 30 hours per week. This post will lead an established Band 6 team of clinical nurse specialists, and work alongside our Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Service, to provide a holistic package of support to children and families with Epilepsy.

This band 7 post will offer an opportunity to develop, strengthen, and lead our Epilepsy team providing a robust service to children and families both in hospital and in the local community.

We are seeking a caring, dynamic, reliable and committed nurse with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to join and help lead the Children's Epilepsy Nurse Team. A desire to give the best care for children with epilepsy is essential for this post.

You will be joining us at an exciting time, as we forge stronger links with community services and continue to develop the children’s epilepsy care pathway and transition service. You will work closely with our team of friendly paediatric neurologists and paediatricians to ensure that children receive a seamless, quality service.

Our Trust that has been awarded ‘Good’ by the CQC, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) is one of the most established and cutting-edge Children’s Hospitals.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team within University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and across the community. The post holder will acknowledge and provide the overall responsibility for the provision of specialist nursing advice and support to patients and families, in-patient and out-patient, throughout their care pathway.
• The post holder will utilise skills of clinical expertise, leadership, education, and management to ensure a seamless service for patients, carers, and staff. S/he will provide advice, support, and information from the time of diagnosis and throughout care pathway
• S/he will work closely with the Neuroscience multidisciplinary team in hospital and the community to ensure a co-ordinated quality service and will be actively involved in education, audit and research.
• If you feel ready to meet this challenge, have strong leadership abilities, sound interpersonal skills and a desire to improve the quality and service for your patients then we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Public Sector Language Competency

Essential criteria

• Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Supportive
• Respectful
• Innovative
• Collaborative

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RN Child or RN Adult with relevant Children’s qualification
• Current NMC Registration
• Relevant accredited post registration qualification at level 3
• Degree or equivalent (in related health topic or willingness to work towards)

Desirable criteria

• Non-medical prescribing qualification and registration
• Evidence of master’s level academic study

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive and varied post registration experience
• Substantial current speciality experience
• Evidence of recent teaching experience
• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to lead and influence change
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work, and to support others
• Knowledge of national and local specialty specific issues
• Information technology skills
• Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
• Initiative