Specialist Nurse
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialist nurse to join our Learning Disability Epilepsy service, covering Hull and East Riding. The service provides specialist assessment, management and reviews of adults with a learning disability and epilepsy including those with a VNS.The roll also is key in delivering training to collogues and other services regarding epilepsy.
You will be supported in the role by the epilepsy lead nurse and work closely with the consultant neurologist. The service also works collaboratively with the wider LD community team MDT's to ensure person centred, cohesive care.
A NMP qualification is advantageous but we welcome applicants who have not completed their NMP but are willing to undertake this on commencing the role. There will also be opportunity for further training and as identified by yourself and epilepsy lead nurse.
Main duties of the job
As a Specialist Nurse in Learning Disability Epilepsy, you will be expected to work autonomously as well as in a wider MDT. You will be responsible for completing initial assessments, supporting with the prescribing and management of individuals epilepsy as well as supporting with VNS’s in the community.You will work alongside the Lead Nurse to support the wider LD team, partner agencies and care providers with the implementation of care plans regards to Epilepsy. As well as delivering Epilepsy focused training. You will continue to demonstrate specialist clinical skills in practice and provide support/advice re service development and the delivery of care, in partnership with service users, carers, staff, managers and other agencies.
Core Functions- To support the Lead Nurse in providing clinical and professional leadership to nurses within own area of responsibility.
- To support the Lead Nurse and other colleagues with the implementation of policy, protocol, service/practice development and change within own area of responsibility
- To continue to demonstrate specialist clinical skills in practice and provide support/advice re service development and the delivery of care, in partnership with service users, carers, staff, managers and other agencies.
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
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Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For information regarding the job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- CPD in relevant clinical area
- Evidence of prompting service user involvement
- Experience of working with adults or children with a learning disability
- Experience in Epilepsy
- Experience of delivering epilepsy awareness training
Skills and comptencies
Essential criteria- Experience of mentoring and supervising
Qualification and Knoweldge
Essential criteria- NMC live register
- Experience or post registration diploma in related work area
- Evidence of CPD
- Leadership training and experience
- NMP qualification
- Project work to improve service delivery
Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.
This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.
Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.
If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.
We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.
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