Job Introduction
We are looking for an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse to join our Complex Health Needs Service in Bath and Northeast Somerset as part of our integrated Learning Disability and Autism division.
We are offering a £2000 Welcome Bonus to the successful applicant and the opportunity to develop and specialise your skills and train as a Non-Medical Prescriber and Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Practitioner.
So if you are a Band 6 looking to progress in your career or a band 7 already we would love to hear from you!
We bring a person-centred approach to our services and believe that the people we work with should have choice and control in their lives. As an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse, you will be key in delivering Epilepsy reviews and epilepsy training, with some care coordination / Continuing Health Care as well as liaising with hospitals.
You will join a talented multidisciplinary team consisting of other specialist health professionals including specialists in Psychiatry; Psychology; Occupational Therapy; Speech and Language Therapy; Physiotherapy and Behavioural Support Specialists.
Hours are typically 9am-5pm with room for flexibility as well a hybrid working structure. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our Twerton, Bath location but as this is a community role so will require travel around BaNES.
Main Responsibility
As an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse, you will:
- Support adults with learning disabilities and epilepsy, their families, and social care providers to manage their epilepsy safely in the community.
- As a non-medical prescriber, you will take a lead on treatment pathways, offering advice around medication options as well as alternative treatment options.
- Be expected to liaise with the Neurology department in hospitals and attend Neurology appointments. You will be part of the discussions around treatment, planning and risk management.
This role supports individuals who have a Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) in situ. There is an expectation that you will train to be a VNS practitioner and will be able to deliver this therapy in the community.
The Ideal Candidate
You will be a qualified Nurse with NMC Registration
- Around 4 years post qualification experience qualification experience
- Have a Drivers License and access to a vehicle
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team as well as the ability to work autonomously.
- Ideally you will be a non-medical prescriber though we can offer training for this.
- Ideally you will have a background in Learning Disabilities already
Though this post is a specialist role, applicants interested in developing their clinical areas of interest are invited to apply as we provide support and opportunities for CPD.
Package Description
If you are a Band 6 looking to develop or a Band 7 looking to specialise, we would love to hear from you!
As an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse, you’ll be part of our valued team in based in Twerton, Bath.
You will feel valued as an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £41,659 - £47,672 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- A £2000 Welcome Bonus
- Appropriate training to help develop skills essential for the role
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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