Children's Epilepsy Clinical Nurse

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a caring individual with the knowledge base and skills requires for caring for children with epilepsy and their families. The candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, be innovative and flexible and committed to evidence-based care.

If you can work independently and collaboratively with the team to support the development and delivery of a specialist epilepsy service, please contact Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialist Sarah Bailey for an informal discussion on 01782 679823

Interview for the post will be undertaken for the position 7 days after the closing date.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Children's Nurse on NMC Register

Desirable criteria

• Pet 1 and 2 qualification epilepsy certificate or willingness to undertake

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of caring for children with epilepsy.
• ENB 998 /Mentorship level 3 or equivalent or experience of teaching in the clinical areas
• IT and computer skills

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Able to use own initiative.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Effective communication skills

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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