Epilepsy Clinical Nurse Specialist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Colchester

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Neurology service at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Trust. Depending on experience, this may be offered as a band 6 developmental Epilepsy Specialist Nurse role. Within this developmental role, you will commence as a band 6; over approximately 12 months, you will be required to complete your Epilepsy competency pack. Following successful completion, you will be uplifted to a band 7.

We are seeking a knowledgeable Senior Nurse with highly developed interpersonal and excellent communication skills who has a passion for delivering excellence in care and is committed to driving improvements and developments across the Epilepsy and Neurology service. You will be involved in the wider Neurology team meetings and actively participate and, on occasions, lead these regarding the care of adults with Epilepsy.

If you have an interest in developing your clinical knowledge and skills as well as welcome service development and innovation, then we are interested in hearing from you. Please note that this role will involve clinics within the hospital setting as well as both Clacton and Harwich community hospitals. Due to this, it is essential that you hold a full driving licence and have access to your own car.

The post holder is responsible for the provision of a specialist nursing service by acting autonomously to assess and manage their own caseload of adults with epilepsy in North East Essex. Develop, facilitate, and provide education of specialist knowledge for nursing, medical, and paramedical staff through extensive knowledge of Epilepsy and its management. The post holder will be an advocate for patients and their families, promoting holistic care and acting as a resource for professionals involved in the care of patients with epilepsy.

The post holder will provide expert nursing interventions and support to patients and their families and will participate in audit research and development of the epilepsy service. To work as part of the Neurology team to ensure that criteria for Best Practice Tariff (BPT) are met and that there is a system in place to record information that demonstrates BPT criteria are achieved.

We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics, and in patients’ own homes. We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role, please see the attached job description.