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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, proactive Nurse Specialist to make a significant difference to the health outcomes of adults with epilepsy in the West Midlands. This is a full time, band 7 (consideration would be given for a band 6 developmental post) based within the
Department of Neurology at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT). The post-holder will be based within Shropshire, providing services to people living in the county and its surrounding area.
The successful applicant will work as part of the expanding neurological team here at RWT. The postholder will be provided with expert clinical leadership and support from our established team, which includes a Consultant Nurse for the Epilepsies, a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists for the Epilepsies and a Consultant Neurologist with specialist interest in epilepsy.

The Department of Neurology views its staff as its most important asset. As such, you will be supported with induction, training and advanced educational opportunities. We will use the Epilepsy Specialist Nurses Association (ESNA) competencies to help you to develop a clear career pathway towards expert practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will play a key role in the delivery of neurological services throughout the Trust. You will be expected to exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and to make critical judgements
using specialist knowledge; you will provide the highest standard of holistic patient care for patients with epilepsy. 

You will be responsible for the organisation and management of your own workload
and commitments to facilitate clinics in various locations throughout Shropshire and the surrounding area, adapting and prioritising as necessary. Current clinic sites are in Shrewsbury and Telford, with
plans to offer clinics in other towns as the service develops.

Applicants should be highly motivated, dynamic and will play a pivotal role in epilepsy and neurology nursing service development, in line with national guidance. The successful candidate will work with
the wider multi-disciplinary team for the benefit of people with epilepsy.

The post will require you to run and maintain nurse-led clinics independently. You will have responsibility for assessing patients and subsequently devising, implementing and assessing an
individual’s comprehensive epilepsy care plan. You will also play a major part in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with refractory epilepsy and those with Non Epileptic Attack Disorder (NEAD).

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.