Job summary
Come and join our team at an exciting time of growth.
We are looking for an experienced nurse with exceptional change leader skills to join our Paediatric Epilepsy team to work with the consultants in developing our epilepsy service. You will be supported by our team of consultants and nurse leaders.
We are a team who are open to hearing your ideas and supporting you to take them forward. You will have experience with children with epilepsy, providing education across a variety of settings, and making effective relationships with CYP and their families.
Main duties of the job
To provide care, support, advice and education across various settings for children and young people with epilepsy.
To have specialist knowledge of the nursing management of epilepsy and be an expert resource to provide clinical advice to patients, families/carers and healthcare professionals in secondary care and community settings.
To hold regular nurse-led clinics to assess and formulate care plans using clinical judgement to request investigations or make referrals.
To audit and develop the service against national and local epilepsy recommendations to improve outcomes for children and young people with epilepsy.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be able to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team to improve the care, education and support provided to children and their families. The team will include doctors and nurses from Paediatrics and Emergency Department along with community healthcare professionals and school nurses
Professional
- To work with professional groups and other agencies in both primary and secondary healthcare settings and attend relevant meetings.
- To provide management support to children and young people with epilepsy within the community setting to avoid hospital attendance/ admission / readmission
- To promote the service across the Frimley Integrated Care System
Clinical Duties:
- To maintain a high visible profile in the clinical area, acting as a positive role model.
- To advise and support patients and their families to manage their symptoms, giving highly specialist advice as appropriate.
- To support the patients following discharge by being the first point of telephone contact, unless emergency situation
- To support the clinical lead in developing a newly diagnosed educational sessions covering :
- What is epilepsy
- Trigger avoidance
- Understanding medications
- Importance of compliance
- What to do in an emergency / exacerbation
- Self-management plans
- Management in nursery, school etc.
- Who to contact for queries
- To undertake comprehensive health care needs of patients with unstable epilepsy, including assessment when on an inpatient ward and at post discharge through a clinic or home visit.
- To liaise with patients and their families with epilepsy providing the necessary education and support in the community and schools.
- To act as a resource for training and development of other staff skills needed within the specialist area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be able to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team to improve the care, education and support provided to children and their families. The team will include doctors and nurses from Paediatrics and Emergency Department along with community healthcare professionals and school nurses
Professional
- To work with professional groups and other agencies in both primary and secondary healthcare settings and attend relevant meetings.
- To provide management support to children and young people with epilepsy within the community setting to avoid hospital attendance/ admission / readmission
- To promote the service across the Frimley Integrated Care System
Clinical Duties:
- To maintain a high visible profile in the clinical area, acting as a positive role model.
- To advise and support patients and their families to manage their symptoms, giving highly specialist advice as appropriate.
- To support the patients following discharge by being the first point of telephone contact, unless emergency situation
- To support the clinical lead in developing a newly diagnosed educational sessions covering :
- What is epilepsy
- Trigger avoidance
- Understanding medications
- Importance of compliance
- What to do in an emergency / exacerbation
- Self-management plans
- Management in nursery, school etc.
- Who to contact for queries
- To undertake comprehensive health care needs of patients with unstable epilepsy, including assessment when on an inpatient ward and at post discharge through a clinic or home visit.
- To liaise with patients and their families with epilepsy providing the necessary education and support in the community and schools.
- To act as a resource for training and development of other staff skills needed within the specialist area.
Person Specification
Special Requirements
Essential
- Full driving license and access to a car for use to travel across sites and perform home or school visits. Wil
- ling and able to work weekends and unsocial hours
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse (NMC Sub -Part 1 (Children) /RN Child Relevant specialist paediatric epilepsy and management qualification. PET 1 BPNA course
- First degree in nursing, or demonstrable experience at this level
Desirable
- Completed / completing a Master's pathway PET2/3 BPNA course
Person Specification
Special Requirements
Essential
- Full driving license and access to a car for use to travel across sites and perform home or school visits. Wil
- ling and able to work weekends and unsocial hours
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse (NMC Sub -Part 1 (Children) /RN Child Relevant specialist paediatric epilepsy and management qualification. PET 1 BPNA course
- First degree in nursing, or demonstrable experience at this level
Desirable
- Completed / completing a Master's pathway PET2/3 BPNA course
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
