Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge with? Do you want to make the difference to the lives of children in young people with epilepsy? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, innovative and motivated Children’s Registered Nurse to join our expert Children’s Epilepsy Nursing Team.

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual with  Epilepsy experience. You will be fully supported to develop existing and new skills working within frameworks of competence.

You will be joining an existing dedicated epilepsy team that continues to grow and develop alongside Paediatricians with a specialist interest in epilepsy, Community Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy, and the Paediatric Neurologists Consultants at Manchester Children's Hospital.

We provide a flexible 5 days service 8 or 6pm and are based in Longsight health Centre and Charlestown Health Centre. This is a 37.5-hour post, flexible working can be discussed at interview.

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• To apply specialist knowledge and skills to ensure ongoing care and safety to children/young people and their families with a diagnosis of epilepsy
• To work as an autonomous practitioner with support from ACP, Paediatricians, Community Paediatricians and Neurology Team.
• To manage a caseload of complex patients with a confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy
• To act as a link between primary, secondary and tertiary care.
• To design, implement, deliver and evaluate specialist education and training in support of other health and social care colleagues
• To ensure effective delivery and monitoring of Epilepsy care throughout the Trust by supporting multidisciplinary teams and by using advanced epilepsy and seizure medication knowledge and advanced communication skills
• To promote and provide equity of access to specialist Epilepsy services across Manchester for all, promoting individual equality, diversity and rights. • To initiate, undertake and evaluate the development of Quality Improvement work within the Specialist Epilepsy service as well as research and clinical audit

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.