A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic registered children's nurse to work within the Nottingham Children's Epilepsy team.

The successful candidate will join a team of other specialist nurses caring for children with epilepsy. You will be hospital based with a responsibility to see children in inpatient and outpatient settings and to liaise with families at home.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

You will be a clinical and professional role model with a passion for the delivery of high quality clinical care and the support and development of others. You will be an effective team player but also able to plan and organise your own workload, possess excellent communication skills, and an ability to teach families and health professionals. You will be working as part of a dynamic and forward thinking multi-professional team, offering key opportunities to develop your career as a nurse specialist within this rapidly expanding specialty.

About us

Nottingham Children's Hospital has a large team of nurse specialists managed by a specialist nurse matrons to optimise support and career development. We are proud of our investment in our nursing staff which has recently been recognised as we became the first children's hospital in Europe to achieve Pathway to Excellence accreditation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will work as a specialist nurse within an established multi-professional team caring for children and young people with epilepsy.

You will be hospital based supporting complex in-patient care and facilitating discharge plans for the patient group. You will also support nurse-led and multi-professional outpatient clinics.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifcations

Essential

• oCurrent 1st level NMC Registration - RSCN or RN (child qualified)
• oFirst level health related degree or already working towards this
• oRecognised Teaching/Assessing qualification
• oEvidence of ongoing continual professional development within the speciality area

Desirable

• ExperienoBPNA PET 1-3 Epilepsy Coursece in epilepsy
• oMaster's Degree in child health related studies
• oNon-Medical Prescribing course
• oLeadership qualification
• oGood Clinical Practice (GCP) Training or commitment to undertake
• oCounselling qualification
• oAssessing and Mentoring Training

Experience

Essential

• oSignificant post registration experience /professional development/management experience at minimum Band 5 level in hospital
• oCan demonstrate professional autonomy and effective decision making skills when managing a caseload of children and parent/carers with Chronic illness/Paediatric Epilepsy needs
• oExperience of teaching and assessing competency with a range of professionals and parent/carers

Desirable

• oWorking as an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse or similar nurse led elements
• oCounselling patients/families
• Experience of managing risk, handling clinical incidents and complaints
• oDealing with complex safeguarding situations
• oAudit, Research, Service improvement experience
• oPresenting at meetings/conferences
• oEvidence of writing for publication

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

• oAbility to work as a member of the Multidisciplinary Team: collaborating with, negotiating with and influencing the work of others across a range of disciplines and on own initiative
• oExcellent oral and written communicator including report writing and presentational skills and conveying sensitive information to others in an empathetic manner
• Able to articulate, discuss /receive relevant clinical information to/from a multi-professional audience including highly complex information and implement plans for developmentement change and innovation
• oAble to maintain accurate, timely written/electronic patient records and documents
• oIT skills - ability to operate data systems and Microsoft Office

Desirable

• oAbility to work as a member of the Multidisciplinary Team: collaborating with, negotiating with and influencing the work of others across a range of disciplines and on own initiative
• oExcellent oral and written communicator including report writing and presentational skills and conveying sensitive information to others in an empathetic manner
• oAble to articulate, discuss /receive relevant clinical information to/from a multi-professional audience including highly complex information and implement plans for development
• oAble to maintain accurate, timely written/electronic patient records and documents

Planning and organisaiton skills

Essential

• oAbility to work without supervision, using good organisational, time management skills and effective resource management
• oAbility to prioritise a complex caseload and act quickly to emergency and urgent situations within an unpredictable work environment

Desirable

• oInitiate changes in practice

Other requirements specific to the role (e.g. be able to work shifts/on call)

Essential

• oDemonstrates enthusiasm, passion, empathy, team spirit, confidence and reliability for the job role
• oAdaptable and receptive to change
• oAdopt flexibility in working hours to meet service needs
• oAbility to work within chaotic and unpredictable situations and be able to focus children and their parent/carers on relevant issues
• oAbility to lead, manage own resiliency and motivate self and others
• oCommitment to implementing quality focused patient care

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Queens Medical Centre

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

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