Roald Dahl Epilepsy Transition Nurse Specialist

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good' with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don't you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical., The post holder will be an excellent communicator and work in collaboration with various multidisciplinary teams.

• They should have experience & knowledge of epilepsy and understand the challenges of complex neurological needs.


• The post holder will be required to support staff with teaching and develop Epilepsy education in the community.


• The postholder will be key at identifying potential development opportunities within the Epilepsy pathway and working with the Paediatric leadership team to implement these.


• Ensuring a safe and successful transition for young people with complex epilepsy from the Paediatric Epilepsy Service to and adult health care setting, and empower them and alleviate the stress of the unknown. Transition programme and plan will help them to prepare, plan and achieve their own goals as they enter adult life., Facilitates good communication links between the young person with epilepsy and carers and others involved in the management of the child's epilepsy.


• Deals with calls/queries and, following discussion and consultation with appropriate colleagues, communicates any plans to the person with epilepsy, their carer or other professionals as appropriate.


• Provides individualised education and information to the person with epilepsy, their family and/or carers around epilepsy related issues e.g. management of epilepsy, lifestyle and recreation, safety etc.


• Works autonomously to manage a caseload of patients, whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team.


• Enables the young person and carer's involvement in decisions about care and ensures the young person and their family are given appropriate verbal and written information regarding planned care.


• Co-ordinates patient care pathways and liaises across organisational boundaries.
  
  Registered Nurse


• A qualification that will enable mentorship of students


• Evidence of teaching and training other members of the MDT


• Educated to a minimum of 1st degree level, or able to demonstrate evidence that working towards


• Academic development


• Evidence of Leadership, Management and Speciality Development


• Evidence of independent practice


• Evidence of working within the MDT


Desirable criteria


• Qualification in Epilepsy


• Completed a History and Record-Taking Course.


• Nurse prescriber.


• Previous experience of working as a Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist


• Experience of working with adolescents with a diagnosis of epilepsy, Experience, which includes work in post-qualification speciality


• Must have recent clinical experience at Band 6


• Experience in facilitation, teaching, assessing, coaching


Desirable criteria


• Experience of Leadership/Management


• Experience at a Band 7


• Evidence of working across community and hospital based setting


• Detailed experience of Leadership/Management, Demonstrable transformational leadership ability


• Expert clinical skills in speciality (or willingness to develop these)


• Demonstrates ability to place patient and family at centre of care


• Ability to facilitate and support learning


• Demonstrates a desire to explore new ways of delivering services


• Excellent personal and communication skills


• Good facilitation, presentation, teaching and assessing skills


• Excellent organisational ability


• Motivated and enthusiastic


• Creative, resourceful and imaginative


• Excellent role model


• Ability to critically analyse research and evidence-based practice


Desirable criteria


• Demonstrates ability to think laterally, creatively and innovatively, Knowledge of audit process


• Good IT skills


• Cleared by Occupational Health


Desirable criteria


• Evidence of completing the audit process, producing outcome, sharing learning and action plan., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  In partnership with Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, we are seeking to recruit a marvellously motivated, engaging and energetic Paediatric Epilepsy nurse to support children, and their families, transition successfully to adult services. You will play a pivotal role in making a difference, improving patient care and patient experience, celebrating the positive impacts achieved and sharing learning widely.


The successful post holder will benefit from the many training opportunities and grants offered by the Roald Dahl Marvellous Children's Charity to support both the epilepsy transition service and their own professional development.

The Paediatric Epilepsy Service currently includes Consultant Paediatricians with a special interest in epilepsy, Paediatric Epilepsy Specialist Nurse and Paediatric Neurologists alongside Adult Neurologists, Nurse Consultant and Epilepsy Nurse. We work in partnership with parents and carers, within a multiagency team for children and young people who have a diagnosis of epilepsy.

The aim is to:

• To improve the young person's experience of transition and that of their families in Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust by developing partnerships with them, along with the professionals from adult epilepsy/neurology/learning disabilities specialities.


• To be Project Lead and Implement change and pathways in partnership with other Health Care Professionals., The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Readings biggest employer., By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.


Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information. All new appointments to the Trust, with the exception of executive positions, are subject to a 6 month probationary period.

The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies.

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's sites.

Staff Benefits

• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance


• Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff


• NHS pension scheme


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Money Advice Service


• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff


• On-site nursery (based at RBH)


• Full educational library services


• Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles


• Bus to work scheme


• Excellent rail and bus links


• A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.