Clinical Nurse Specialist – Epilepsy – East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Epilepsy who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Epilepsy who is passionate about providing outstanding care, improving health outcomes, and reducing health inequalities. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in an expanding field. You will build specialist knowledge, gain valuable experience, and boost your skills while working to support the development of the epilepsy service and meet the needs of children and young adults.
Responsibilities
* You will support, manage and coordinate clinical follow-up programmes working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* The post holder will provide an accessible and robust service for all children and young people with epilepsy.
* Manage the clinical caseload, providing highly specialist nursing input and continuity of care to children and young people with epilepsy, focusing on self‑management, attendance, and treatment monitoring, as well as preparation and liaison for transition to adult services.
* Ensure each patient is assessed, and their care planned, implemented, and evaluated in negotiation with the patient, carers, and other healthcare professionals accurately and ensure this is communicated and documented.
* Provide expert nursing support and advice, education, counseling to support patients and families, either virtually, via telephone or face to face. Provide practical and emotional support to patients and families in a tailored and timely manner.
* Meet with patients and their families as required to help resolve their concerns, providing written responses to formal complaints as required by the Divisional Manager.
Core Values
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Hospitals Served
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
Benefits
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek flexible working patterns and we are committed to listening and considering all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Fay Clark
Job title: Head of Nursing for Children's Services
Email address: fay.clark2@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07720746219
Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
* Employment type: Full‑time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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