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The Neurology/ Specialist Nurse Team has a new exciting opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Epilepsy. This role would be suitable for a candidate who has an interest or some experience in neurology, with relevant knowledge of Epilepsy and who is keen to develop skills in this area.
The successful candidate will work under supervision of the current Advanced Epilepsy Nurse Specialist and Consultant Neurologists. The aim will be to enable them to develop their competencies in this highly specialist role.
They would be expected to complete the Epilepsy Care Degree, attend relevant study days as well as online learning.
This is a highly satisfying, but demanding role and it is essential that candidates are extremely motivated, proactive, dedicated and willing to learn.
In Return We Can Offer You
* A supportive & friendly working environment
* Active encouragement to learn and develop within your role
* Training to achieve competency.
* Dedicated career pathways and great opportunities for continuing professional development
* Commitment to, and support for your well being We look forward to receiving your application!
The role will consist of working within the Neurology/Epilepsy team, with clinics based at York Teaching Hospital but work across site in Scarborough and Selby. The post holder will work closely with the nursing and medical teams.
Main Duties Include
* Responsibility for the management of a defined caseload.
* Continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of care plans of care and the setting of standards of care.
* Provision of specialised treatment plans for patients
* Provide specialist nursing care and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the specialty service.
* The post holder will ensure cost effective use of resources.
* If working as a non-medical prescriber to also initiate and prescribe treatment and evaluate its clinical effectiveness.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kym Brown Job title: Lead Specialist Nurse Email address: kym.brown@nhs.net Telephone number: 01904 721864
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