# Nurse Practitioner Paediatric Epilepsy

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** St Leonards On Sea
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-11T09:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-27T10:00:33.396Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Eastbourne/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust//-v8183911
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8183911?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking to appoint a Paediatric Epilepsy Nurse Practitioner for  who brings innovation, specialist skills, and enthusiasm to lead the nursing element of our Paediatric Epilepsy Service. The successful candidate will work as an integral part of the Specialist Paediatric Nursing Team and will be supported to provide visible leadership and effective management to the epilepsy team, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, CYP centred care.

This role requires close collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure a cohesive, coordinated, and effective approaches across the service. The post holder will champion quality improvement initiatives and demonstrate a clear commitment to promoting and embedding our Trust values within everyday practice.

### Main duties of the job

The Nurse/Clinical Practitioner will promote the vision and values of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, leading by example and ensuring that they demonstrate those values in their leadership behaviours and how we support our teams and deliver our services    The Nurse/Clinical Practitioner will be able to provide highly specialist advice and able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care     The Nurse/Clinical Practitioner will act as lead specialist in a defined area.    The Nurse/Clinical Practitioner provides specialist education and training to staff, students, carers and patients     The Nurse/Clinical Practitioner undertakes research and leads clinical audits in own specialist area .

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Flexibility in working hours and patterns
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle (for domiciliary community role) and ability to travel between sites

### Experience

**Essential**

- Proven experience in area of specialist knowledge and expertise
- Demonstrate experience of:- Quality/Service improvement Project Management Leadership People Management Innovative and inspiring leadership and clinical practice Research or audit Education and Training

**Desirable**

- NHS experience or relevant health care organisation

### Qualifications / Training

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse/Professional and hold active registration with relevant Professional body
- Degree level qualification relevant to role
- Post Graduate qualification at Masters level relevant to role to demonstrate specialist clinical and leadership skills
- Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, for example, Basic Life Support, manual handling, infection control, fire etc

**Desirable**

- Project management/Quality improvement qualification
- Restorative supervision/Professional Nurse Advocate qualification
- Education/Training qualification
- Advanced Clinical Practice modules at Masters level (Physical Assessment, Prescribing)

### Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

**Essential**

- Leadership skills that demonstrate the ability to manage self and lead others, able to motivate and inspire a team
- Day to day management of a team/service, able to allocate and manage staff organise placements, support learners, provide supervision and line management responsibilities and record keeping. Ability to promote staff wellbeing and manage performance
- Demonstrates knowledge of National NHS and Nursing agenda including national/local performance targets.
- Able to contribute to/interpret policy change and make recommendation for service improvements.
- Expert clinical skills and competence relevant to role to support innovative, evidence based practice.

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10487625)
- [job hazard form (pdf, 872.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10487626)
- [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672)

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