Job summary
The vibrant Jenny Lind Children's Hospital incorporates Children's Inpatient, Ambulatory, Emergency and Outpatient care. We treat children and young people across a broad range of specialties including Paediatric Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT and plastics and offer care to children living in Norfolk and for those accessing specialist treatment across the Eastern Region.
Our Paediatric Epilepsy nursing service has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Paediatric Nurse with a passion for epilepsy to join our friendly and dedicated team.
If you share our passion for providing the best possible care to children and their families and want to work in a team who consistently strive to deliver the gold standard of care, we would love to hear from you.
Part time: 22.5 hrs per week
Main duties of the job
As post holder your duties will include:
- Be a resource for other health professionals
- Provide and promote a high standard of professional care at all times whilst upholding and influencing professional and Trust values
- Develop, implement and evaluate care packages for a specialist group of patients.
- Be responsible for the continuing development and management of children's epilepsy care in both the acute and community settings, liaising with other agencies. The role involves planning and teaching of patients, parents and other health care professionals.
- Undertake and present clinical audits at local and regional levels as required.
- Support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH's 'PRIDE' values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.
There is potential for some community-based working in this role so you will need to be willing to travel to deliver work away from the hospital site.
You will be working with an experienced and nurturing Children's Epilepsy Team and will be given the opportunity to advance skills and learning within the specialism.
We care for CYP with a wide variety of conditions requiring specialist input from the epilepsy service.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following skills and experience will be required and are essential for the successful candidates:
- To manage a specified caseload, providing expert knowledge and advice, utilising a range of interventions to provide support and to enable patients to make informed choices about their care and understand the rational of investigations and treatments.
- To work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and with other service providers to promote an evidence-based family centred approach.
- To maintain professional relationships with children, young people and their family/carers.
- To ensure that patients are seen within recommended time scales and targets where these are in place are met.
- Where applicable and according to locally agreed pathways, to accept referrals from medical/nursing staff both within and outside the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing patients.
- To visit inpatients as appropriate to ensure continuity of care and to give advice/ support to patients, families and staff working in other clinical areas. This will include patients presenting to the Emergency Department and Childrens Assessment Unit as well as the inpatient ward.
- To periodically review caseload and to discharge patients appropriately within divisional guidelines
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following skills and experience will be required and are essential for the successful candidates:
- To manage a specified caseload, providing expert knowledge and advice, utilising a range of interventions to provide support and to enable patients to make informed choices about their care and understand the rational of investigations and treatments.
- To work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and with other service providers to promote an evidence-based family centred approach.
- To maintain professional relationships with children, young people and their family/carers.
- To ensure that patients are seen within recommended time scales and targets where these are in place are met.
- Where applicable and according to locally agreed pathways, to accept referrals from medical/nursing staff both within and outside the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing patients.
- To visit inpatients as appropriate to ensure continuity of care and to give advice/ support to patients, families and staff working in other clinical areas. This will include patients presenting to the Emergency Department and Childrens Assessment Unit as well as the inpatient ward.
- To periodically review caseload and to discharge patients appropriately within divisional guidelines
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
- Proof of continuous update in specialist areas of epilepsy
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification relevant to the speciality
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in the field of epilepsy and neurology and working with children, young people and their families.
Skills
Essential
- Able to perform clinical skills relevant to the speciality
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to provide high quality patient centred care
- Ability to drive or travel as required (adjustments can be made for candidates with a disability)
Attitude & Aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
- Proof of continuous update in specialist areas of epilepsy
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification relevant to the speciality
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in the field of epilepsy and neurology and working with children, young people and their families.
Skills
Essential
- Able to perform clinical skills relevant to the speciality
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to provide high quality patient centred care
- Ability to drive or travel as required (adjustments can be made for candidates with a disability)
Attitude & Aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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).
