Paediatric Epilepsy Specialist Nurse

5 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Barts Health NHS Trust Full time
Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our neurology team as a Children's Epilepsy Clinical Nurse Specialist. This is a part-time Band 7 position for 12 months, however, we welcome an enthusiastic Band 6 with relevant experience for development.

About the Role

The Royal London Children's Hospital is a specialist tertiary paediatric hospital treating children with various specialties, including gastroenterology, diabetes, oncology, neurology, respiratory, allergy, haematology, trauma/surgery, and more. We are located in Whitechapel with excellent links to public transportation.

You will work within the epilepsy service while working closely with the wider neurology team. The overarching role is to holistically support, educate, and guide children and their families through the phases of their condition, from diagnosis to discharge or transition to adult services.

Main Duties
  • Support and assist a caseload of children and young people with epilepsy and act as a contact point to ensure continuity of care as they grow older and prepare to transfer to adult services.
  • Support and guide service users through the phases of their condition, from diagnosis to discharge or transition to adult services.
  • Assist in the continued development of the paediatric epilepsy service and work in close conjunction with the consultant paediatric neurologists and the paediatric neurology clinical nurse specialists.
  • Work with children and young people to develop culturally appropriate and acceptable ways to engage with them and their families outside of formal hospital appointments.
  • Work across the Trust to establish 'Young Person's' clinics and formal transition pathways both within the Trust and within our wider clinical networks.
  • Implement 'Ready, Steady, Go, Hello' within our Young Person's clinic and transition pathway in a way that is fit for our population's needs.
  • Provide a holistic review of each young person with epilepsy when they enter the transition process and at transfer of care to adult services to ensure that their needs have been met and they have been appropriately treated and managed.
  • Conduct clinical audit and lead on quality improvement projects to ensure that the care we are delivering meets and exceeds expectations.
  • Take a key role in the development of healthcare professionals and their ability to manage epilepsy through the delivery of formal and informal education/training, and through review of their care delivery.
  • Be an expert resource that provides sound clinical advice and judgement to patients and their families, and healthcare colleagues in acute, community, and primary care settings.
  • Undertake regular nurse-led clinics and telephone reviews.
About Working for Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. We are entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment.



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