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Location
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
Profession
Clinical nurse specialist
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
10 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
01 Jul 2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a registered nurse with a specialist interest in Epilepsy to join our team. The successful applicant will have experience of working with patients with Epilepsy or neurology with a specialist interest in Epilepsy, and have a good understanding of their needs. They will be expected to provide outpatient clinics both at the hospital site and in the community setting, home visits and hospital in reach.  This is a hybrid role with some working from home elements.

Main duties of the job

On a daily basis being responsible for assessing patients with Epilepsy . Autonomously work to formulate and facilitate safe effective evidence based care dependant on the patient’s requirement. Liaising with colleagues and the wider neurology team to ensure patients are receiving Epilepsy care according to NICE guidance.

The role is to provide leadership and clinical support to the band 6 that is in post and work closely with the band 8a for the service offering solutions to service development and improvement.

You will be (or willing to work towards) a non medical prescriber.

You will work within all aspects of the journey of an Epilepsy patient providing expert, safe and effective care.

The role encompasses aspects of education, audit and research but primarily is direct patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Main Tasks

  • To plan and provide specialist nursing care and Nurse led clinics, support the care provision for patients with long term Neurological conditions (Epilepsy)
  • Assess patients with complex specialist conditions and make judgements on appropriate action for specialised care plans/programmes of care.
  • To assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist nursing care, establishing mechanisms by which each patient has a coherent and comprehensive management plan. These plans will be developed with the patient and carer according to their needs and include referral to other disciplines and services observing the principles of holistic care.
  • To recognize the effects of polypharmacy.
  • Maintain highly developed skills for the delivery of specialised patient care requiring dexterity and accuracy.
  • To provide expert and professional and clinical care advise to patients, carers and the MDT.
  • Coordinates multi-disciplinary groups in specialist care.
  • To attend and contribute to local, regional and national forums and networks.
  • Promote and provide effective communication; with other professionals, patients, carers and with other care settings, where information maybe highly complex, sensitive and may be contentious.
  • To maintain accurate, appropriate and concise patient and other appropriate records
  • Aim to empower the patient with Epilepsy by supporting and promoting their involvement in decision making.
  • To provide specialist advice and information to professional colleagues, patients, carers and the public.