Clinical Nurse Specialist (Neurology)

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has risen to join the Neurology Clinical Nurse Specialist team at GOSH. You will be required to work in partnership with the Neurology service and Neuro-Inflammation service to provide holistic care for the patients and effective clinical expertise and advice to support the delivery of high-quality nursing care within the neurology service. This will include both inpatient and outpatient settings and liaison with community teams and families at home as well as supporting transition from paediatric to adult services. There will be an expectation of 2 hospital based working days of 9.5hours per day, with a set working day of Friday and the other with more flexibility to suit the service/candidate.

Main duties of the job

• Take responsibility for a defined caseload of children and families incorporating a care co-ordination remit as agreed
• Provide effective nursing leadership, expertise, advice and support to the team / department and ensure the provision of high quality care to children and families
• Act as a role model and highly competent practitioner
• Provide information, clinical advice, education and support to children and families within a defined caseload and act as a resource to other professionals involved in that child’s care
• Provide nursing leadership to develop, deliver and evaluate services
• Support the effective management of patient activity throughout the care pathway with a focus on continuous quality improvement
• Ensure that all staff caring for children in the caseload have up to date clinical skills knowledge and competence
• Foster environments conducive to learning, inquiry, and research and to support the identification of the training and development needs of nursing staff / learners in the department.
• Initiate and lead improvement, audit and research studies relating to nursing and multidisciplinary care, within the specialist area of practice, presenting findings through presentations and writing for publication

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.