Job summary
To lead and deliver the Children's Community Epilepsy Service, providing specialist clinical expertise, safeguarding, and triage for complex cases. To manage and develop the service, drive continuous improvement, and role-model high-quality practice within clinical governance framework
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist clinical care and triage for children with epilepsy, managing your own caseload and supporting the wider service. Deliver expert advice, communication and education to families, professionals and partner agencies. Lead service development, care pathways, care plans, training and quality improvement. Manage and supervise staff, support recruitment, performance and professional development, and ensure safe, evidence-based practice in line with NMC and organisational standards. Oversee workloads, governance, incidents, policies and resources to ensure high-quality, integrated, child-focused epilepsy care
About us
Join our supportive, child-focused service and help improve outcomes for children with epilepsy. We foster a culture of collaboration, professional development and innovation, where staff are valued, supported and encouraged to grow. You'll work closely with families, partners and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, high-quality, compassionate care. We prioritise staff wellbeing and offer an environment where you can share ideas, develop your skills and make a meaningful difference every day
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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will lead the Childrens Epilepsy Service, providing highly specialist clinical care, complex triage and safeguarding, while managing an autonomous caseload and supporting the wider team. Working closely with families, professionals and partner agencies, you will deliver expert advice, education and care planning to improve outcomes and support integrated services. The role includes developing pathways, protocols and training, driving service improvement, and ensuring practice meets national standards and governance requirements. You will linemanage staff, oversee workload planning, contribute to recruitment and supervision, and support highquality, safe and coordinated epilepsy care across the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will lead the Childrens Epilepsy Service, providing highly specialist clinical care, complex triage and safeguarding, while managing an autonomous caseload and supporting the wider team. Working closely with families, professionals and partner agencies, you will deliver expert advice, education and care planning to improve outcomes and support integrated services. The role includes developing pathways, protocols and training, driving service improvement, and ensuring practice meets national standards and governance requirements. You will linemanage staff, oversee workload planning, contribute to recruitment and supervision, and support highquality, safe and coordinated epilepsy care across the service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Registered Sick Children's Nurse or Registered Nurse (Child)
- Degree level qualification or equivilent
- Proven evidence of continued professional development at post graduate level such as level 6/7 modules, in house leadership or development
- Evidence of education/CPD within the field of Children's Epilepsy
- PET 1 and 2 completion
- Extensive working knowledge of safeguarding legislation and policy
- Mentoring qualification
Desirable
- Community Nursing/Specialist Practitioner Qualification
- Master's degree
- Recognised leadership qualification/experience CPD
- PET 3
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience working with children and young people who have complex health needs
- Wide experience of working with vulnerable children and children in safeguarding
- Experience of multi-agency and partnership working
- Experience and understanding of the full range of services available for 0-19s and their families
- Experience of developing and evaluating services/activities to meet need and improve outcomes for children
- Experience of facilitating teaching/training programmes
- Experience of personnel management including staff recruitment, induction, career development, supervision and appraisal
- Experience of providing effective line management
- Experience of participating in audit
- Experience of working within a range of policies to meet organisational needs
- Recent experience in Children's Epilepsy to a level of expert in the RCN competencies for children's epilepsy nurse specialists or equivalent for children's neuroscience nursing
Desirable
- Experience in interpretation of national health policy in relation to children and young people's epilepsy and their incorporation into local strategic and policy documents
- Experience of undertaking audit and/or research programmes
- Proven ability to understand and professionally manage a multi-disciplinary team of professionals
- Experience of leading teams
- Budget management experience
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Wide knowledge of a family centred public health approach to service delivery
- Ability to nurture skills and to delegate appropriately
- Ability to make decisions and deal with conflict
- Ability to manage change effectively
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload
- Resilient, flexible, self- motivated and open to change
- Proven ability to function well as part of a team and experience of dealing effectively with staff, children /young people and their families Ability to analyse complex situations e.g. safeguarding, deprivation, families in need etc. to ensure services delivered are most effective in supporting positive outcomes for children
- Ability to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when engaging with children/young people, their families, staff groups, interagency and multi-agency partnerships to deliver information that maybe highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Ability to lead and inspire teams
- IT skills
Desirable
- Knowledge and use of SystmOne
- Knowledge of using Excel spreadsheets
Personal Attributes/Behaviours (linked to the Trust's Behaviour Framework)
Essential
- Works to professional guidelines
- Accountable for own professional actions
- Must work within professional ethics and NCH&C's policies
- Desire to undertake training and development appropriate to the needs of the post
- Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to a variety of geographical locations
- Able to make own travelling arrangements
- Able to speak the English language
- Enhanced DBS checks
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, Registered Sick Children's Nurse or Registered Nurse (Child)
- Degree level qualification or equivilent
- Proven evidence of continued professional development at post graduate level such as level 6/7 modules, in house leadership or development
- Evidence of education/CPD within the field of Children's Epilepsy
- PET 1 and 2 completion
- Extensive working knowledge of safeguarding legislation and policy
- Mentoring qualification
Desirable
- Community Nursing/Specialist Practitioner Qualification
- Master's degree
- Recognised leadership qualification/experience CPD
- PET 3
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience working with children and young people who have complex health needs
- Wide experience of working with vulnerable children and children in safeguarding
- Experience of multi-agency and partnership working
- Experience and understanding of the full range of services available for 0-19s and their families
- Experience of developing and evaluating services/activities to meet need and improve outcomes for children
- Experience of facilitating teaching/training programmes
- Experience of personnel management including staff recruitment, induction, career development, supervision and appraisal
- Experience of providing effective line management
- Experience of participating in audit
- Experience of working within a range of policies to meet organisational needs
- Recent experience in Children's Epilepsy to a level of expert in the RCN competencies for children's epilepsy nurse specialists or equivalent for children's neuroscience nursing
Desirable
- Experience in interpretation of national health policy in relation to children and young people's epilepsy and their incorporation into local strategic and policy documents
- Experience of undertaking audit and/or research programmes
- Proven ability to understand and professionally manage a multi-disciplinary team of professionals
- Experience of leading teams
- Budget management experience
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Wide knowledge of a family centred public health approach to service delivery
- Ability to nurture skills and to delegate appropriately
- Ability to make decisions and deal with conflict
- Ability to manage change effectively
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload
- Resilient, flexible, self- motivated and open to change
- Proven ability to function well as part of a team and experience of dealing effectively with staff, children /young people and their families Ability to analyse complex situations e.g. safeguarding, deprivation, families in need etc. to ensure services delivered are most effective in supporting positive outcomes for children
- Ability to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when engaging with children/young people, their families, staff groups, interagency and multi-agency partnerships to deliver information that maybe highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Ability to lead and inspire teams
- IT skills
Desirable
- Knowledge and use of SystmOne
- Knowledge of using Excel spreadsheets
Personal Attributes/Behaviours (linked to the Trust's Behaviour Framework)
Essential
- Works to professional guidelines
- Accountable for own professional actions
- Must work within professional ethics and NCH&C's policies
- Desire to undertake training and development appropriate to the needs of the post
- Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to a variety of geographical locations
- Able to make own travelling arrangements
- Able to speak the English language
- Enhanced DBS checks
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
