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Children with Complex Needs Nursing Team - Epilepsy Nurse
| Posting date: | 28 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £52,809 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 December 2024 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK5 6ND |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6814489/333-D-MK-CM-1104 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Please note developmental opportunity: The job description for this post is based on Band 7 competencies. However, applicants will also be considered at Band 6 with a developmental plan.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our dynamic and established team of Children's Complex Needs Specialists, for an Epilepsy Nurse.
Ideally, you will be a Nurse Prescriber or be prepared to work towards the qualification. The successful applicant will forge strong working relationships with key hospital and community practitioners. The post would also involve playing a key role in patient pathway developments.
You will have substantial clinical experience working with epilepsy. As well having a strong sense of independent practice, you will also be an excellent multi-disciplinary team player.
You will be working as a Specialist Nurse within the Complex Needs Nursing Team and you will be embedded within the team. The role will compromise of 3 days per week Epilepsy and 2 days working within the specialist nursing team. The Complex Needs team offer end of life on-call support which the post holder will be expected to support.
We would be willing to support the right candidate with a passion for developing this role.
CNWL are proposing to offer a he post holder will have the responsibility for providing high quality, evidence-based specialist nursing skills, knowledge and expertise in the care and management of a defined caseload of children & young people with epilepsy, based in the complex Needs Nursing Team to carry out clinical assessment of children & young people’s needs, care plans and implement packages of care accordingly, whilst supporting the child, family, and carer holistically, in response to their specific needs, maximizing their independence and quality of life, acknowledging the specific cultural needs of children and families and ensures that care is delivered in a way that is sensitive to such needs.
Please note this post is based at Milton Keynes Headquarters which is currently situated on the hospital site. However a consultation is currently underway with staff regarding moving the Headquarters to the Open University within Milton Keynes in the new year. If this moves goes ahead as proposed the successful candidate would be based at the Open University site.
We can offer you:
• A friendly, welcoming, nurturing and encouraging work environment that will support you in your practice and development
• Local induction and an allocated mentor
• Strong leadership and management support
• Regular clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and access to excellent staff engagement programs and support services via our People Development team
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
To facilitate, support and coordinate with Children with Epilepsy, with complex physical or life limiting conditions, registered with a Milton Keynes GP. This will be achieved by both face to face contacts with the young person, their family and the coordination of and collaboration with the Multi-Disciplinary Teams.
• Paediatric Epilepsy Nurse Specialist Key Duties
• Provide home visits and telephone advice for epilepsy patients
• Provide school and nursery visits for epilepsy patients accessing epilepsy services.
• Attend weekly epilepsy clinics for multidisciplinary case discussions.
• Support, coordinate and attend epilepsy transition clinics.
• Undertake Paediatric Epilepsy Nurse Specialist led clinics
• Promote communication and enhance partnership working across Health, Hospice, Social Care, Education and voluntary sector service provisions.
• To provide clinical expertise on complex health care matters to young people, their families and multi-disciplinary/multi-agency teams.
• To take the leading developing the Epilepsy care planning and passports for children and their families.
• To ensure that the service meets the needs of children with epilepsy in the Milton Keynes borough.
• To compliment current service provision of Complex Needs Children’s Community Nursing Team
• To ensure that safeguarding children and safeguarding vulnerable adult principles are adhered to at all times throughout the transition process for all young people and are reflected in pathway and service development.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Dec 2024
Please note developmental opportunity: The job description for this post is based on Band 7 competencies. However, applicants will also be considered at Band 6 with a developmental plan.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our dynamic and established team of Children's Complex Needs Specialists, for an Epilepsy Nurse.
Ideally, you will be a Nurse Prescriber or be prepared to work towards the qualification. The successful applicant will forge strong working relationships with key hospital and community practitioners. The post would also involve playing a key role in patient pathway developments.
You will have substantial clinical experience working with epilepsy. As well having a strong sense of independent practice, you will also be an excellent multi-disciplinary team player.
You will be working as a Specialist Nurse within the Complex Needs Nursing Team and you will be embedded within the team. The role will compromise of 3 days per week Epilepsy and 2 days working within the specialist nursing team. The Complex Needs team offer end of life on-call support which the post holder will be expected to support.
We would be willing to support the right candidate with a passion for developing this role.
CNWL are proposing to offer a he post holder will have the responsibility for providing high quality, evidence-based specialist nursing skills, knowledge and expertise in the care and management of a defined caseload of children & young people with epilepsy, based in the complex Needs Nursing Team to carry out clinical assessment of children & young people’s needs, care plans and implement packages of care accordingly, whilst supporting the child, family, and carer holistically, in response to their specific needs, maximizing their independence and quality of life, acknowledging the specific cultural needs of children and families and ensures that care is delivered in a way that is sensitive to such needs.
Please note this post is based at Milton Keynes Headquarters which is currently situated on the hospital site. However a consultation is currently underway with staff regarding moving the Headquarters to the Open University within Milton Keynes in the new year. If this moves goes ahead as proposed the successful candidate would be based at the Open University site.
We can offer you:
• A friendly, welcoming, nurturing and encouraging work environment that will support you in your practice and development
• Local induction and an allocated mentor
• Strong leadership and management support
• Regular clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing and access to excellent staff engagement programs and support services via our People Development team
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
To facilitate, support and coordinate with Children with Epilepsy, with complex physical or life limiting conditions, registered with a Milton Keynes GP. This will be achieved by both face to face contacts with the young person, their family and the coordination of and collaboration with the Multi-Disciplinary Teams.
• Paediatric Epilepsy Nurse Specialist Key Duties
• Provide home visits and telephone advice for epilepsy patients
• Provide school and nursery visits for epilepsy patients accessing epilepsy services.
• Attend weekly epilepsy clinics for multidisciplinary case discussions.
• Support, coordinate and attend epilepsy transition clinics.
• Undertake Paediatric Epilepsy Nurse Specialist led clinics
• Promote communication and enhance partnership working across Health, Hospice, Social Care, Education and voluntary sector service provisions.
• To provide clinical expertise on complex health care matters to young people, their families and multi-disciplinary/multi-agency teams.
• To take the leading developing the Epilepsy care planning and passports for children and their families.
• To ensure that the service meets the needs of children with epilepsy in the Milton Keynes borough.
• To compliment current service provision of Complex Needs Children’s Community Nursing Team
• To ensure that safeguarding children and safeguarding vulnerable adult principles are adhered to at all times throughout the transition process for all young people and are reflected in pathway and service development.
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Dec 2024
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