Nurse Band 7

Job responsibilities

To contribute to the provision of excellent health care to improve the outcomes for young people with epilepsy and related conditions by:

To support the Nurse Consultant and Head of Health (St Piers), to ensure the smooth provision and coordination of the overall portfolio of Health activities to ensure seamless service provision through cohesive teamwork.

Daily oversight of the Nurses and HCAs.

Responsibility for staff rotas.

Contributing to ensuring compliance with the relevant CQC standards. To include supporting with clinical governance and ensuring NMC requirements are met, in relation to registered health activities. To include updating procedures as required.

Ensuring an evidence based approach to epilepsy and external healthcare provision at Young Epilepsy.

Monitoring practice, to identify any shortfalls through local and national audit processes and develop strategies to address them.

Contributing to research, practice and development and practice evaluation.

Attendance of Admissions and Placement meetings to provide Health input concerning applications from potential Students.

Attendance of additional regular organisational meetings such as Behaviour Support, Business Development and Clinical meetings Key

Tasks and Responsibilities Managerial / Leadership

Responsible for leading and supporting the nursing team in the absence of the Head of Health.

Identify and address the training needs of the team. To include ensuring all mandatory training is up to date.

Undertake appraisals for the Nursing Team Support the recruitment process for the Nursing Team.

Act as a mentor and role model to student nurses and newly appointed staff.

Supporting and delivering of the YE external health training, utilising the skills of the health team and providing training where appropriate.

Working within the relevant agreed budget parameters.

To keep the Head of Health updated in relation to service delivery, including any concerns about staffing capacity and/or performance.

Support the implementation of health-related policies, primarily in relation to the external health offer, but also supporting the wider external health areas.

To ensure close liaison and cohesive working with the nursing team.

Ensure that systems are in place for the ordering, maintenance and logging of medical equipment and medication supplies.

Develop and implement health policies and procedures in accordance with best practice.

Liaise with parents, carers and external teams about concerns or complaints.

Be part of the senior nursing team on call out of hours service.

Expert Clinical Practice.

Using specialist knowledge to oversee and deliver patient-centred care designed around the needs, concerns and experiences of patients and their families.

To be a key link and liaison with external Medical Consultants and other professionals to ensure patients are treated in accordance with their agreed treatment pathway.

Develop and implement specialised care packages e.g., emergency protocols to ensure that these are clear and not subject to misinterpretation.

Meet with patients and their families as required to help resolve their concerns and minimise their anxieties in relation to health matters.

Responsible when on duty for clinical decision making including when to transfer a student to hospital either as an emergency or less acutely.

Clinical Leadership

Supporting effective communication between the external health team and nursing colleagues, members of the wider multidisciplinary team, both internal and external as appropriate.

Provide mentorship, coaching, supervision, and shadowing opportunities to support the development of the external health team and nursing colleagues where appropriate.

To participate in and contribute to clinical supervision on a regular basis as necessary.

Develop, implement, and review policies and procedures to meet the requirements of the NHS and our external health provision.

To ensure all health staff respect patients dignity, involve them in shared decision-making and obtain appropriate consents before undertaking clinical procedures.

Take part/lead in reflective practice, learning reviews etc to maintain and develop own competence and performance, as well as developing others.

Provide written responses to formal complaints/reports when required on health matters.

Research, Audit and Service Development

Ensure that health teams practice is evidence based and fulfils the requirements of their relevant professional body and/or NMC etc.

To understand the interface between excellence in care and probity of resource management.

To develop, implement and review risk assessments and action plans to minimise and manage risks.

Responsible for conducting audits on records relating to seizures, and other medically relevant areas, to ensure these are complete and accurate and can contribute to development of treatment options.

External Relationships and Marketing

Provide appropriate written information for students and parents about the health services provided at Young Epilepsy.

Promote patient and public involvement in the evaluation and improvement of services.

Contribute to the development of clinical protocols in accordance with valid evidence.

Ensure a patient focussed multidisciplinary approach to care in collaboration with carers, health care professionals and other agencies.

Non-Clinical

Provide and oversee appropriate training and teaching across other disciplines at Young Epilepsy as required.

Promote effective communication between the external health teams and other Young Epilepsy staff, and with appropriate external agencies.

Attend professional and in-service training days to ensure continuing professional development.

To work within Young Epilepsy policies and procedures and adhere to statutory policies.

Provide expert specialist input to multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences and external health panels/appointments as necessary.

Safeguarding

To ensure all staff are aware of their responsibilities under YE safeguarding policy and procedures and live the organisational values to ensure the safety of all patients.

General

This job description is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonable and appropriate tasks.

All Young Epilepsy staff share a commitment to the participation and engagement of children and young people and their voices.

All duties must be carried out in accordance with Health and Safety regulations as given by the Young Epilepsy Health and Safety policy and procedures.

Young Epilepsy and St Piers is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Young Epilepsy expects all employees to share our commitment to creating and promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit

Experience

Essential

• Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
• Experience of working with/in:
• Children- special/complex needs,
• Epilepsy/neurology,
• Significant post qualification experience in a variety of relevant health settings
• Demonstrable experience of managing a team/department.
• Good understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Evidence of leadership in a variety of settings.
• Ability to promote and grow health services.
• Evidence of delivering Epilepsy focussed training courses/packages.

Desirable

• Experience of working with/in:
• Accident and emergency,
• School/practice nursing,
• Nurse led service.
• Experience of leading audit or clinical research.
• Good understanding of CQC regulations.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Commitment to development of the nursing/health role.
• Integrity, adaptability, commitment, and motivation.
• Ability to work flexible and unsocial hours.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to manage teams.
• Evidence of relative and extensive CPD.
• IT Skills.
• Ability to work as part of the team and/or autonomously.
• Good organisational skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise conflicting demands.

Desirable

• Ability to manage teams.
• Evidence of relative and extensive CPD.
• IT Skills.
• Ability to work as part of the team and/or autonomously.
• Good organisational skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise conflicting demands.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing.
• Registered Nurse.
• Registered Paediatric/ Adult/ Learning Disability Nurse.

Desirable

• Degree in Nursing.
• Mentorship qualification.
• Leadership/management qualification.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).