About this role
Job summary
The Neurology Nurse Practitioner will deliver a high-quality, patient-centred specialist nursing service to individuals with neurological conditions across GHNHSFT.
The post holder will work across both acute hospital sites, including Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH) and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH), as well as community settings across Gloucestershire County. This includes supporting outpatient clinics, inpatient care, and undertaking home visits where clinically appropriate.
The practitioner will support the delivery of integrated neurology services across the patient pathway, working within a MDT to assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based care for patients with conditions such as Epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and Motor Neurone Disease (MND). May undertake research and undertake audit in the neurology services.
The post holder will:
Work flexibly across CGH, GRH, outpatient clinics, inpatient wards, and community settings where required.
Support delivery of neurology services across Gloucestershire County
Undertake home visits and community-based assessments where required
Contribute to integrated care pathways, ensuring continuity between acute and community services
Support nurse-led and consultant-led clinics, including follow-up and review patients
Participate in telephone advice lines and virtual consultations
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse the expectation is that, with adequate training, supervision and assessment, you will be able to:
Work with the neurology team and clinical lead to provide prescribed medical treatments to people with neurology within Trust, Professional and National policy frameworks.
Practice in compliance with your code of professional conduct and within your agreed scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice.
Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery.
Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis and/or treatment.
Accept patient referrals, refer on as appropriate and plan and instigate discharge from care.
Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care and development of services.
Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives, and professionals across health and social services.
Practice with a high degree of competency and advise within specialist area.
Please see Job Description for the details of the main duties of the job.
About us
Why Gloucestershire Hospitals
We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one or both of our innovative hospitals.
As well as generous annual leave allowance, you will have access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is crucial to ensuring fairness, celebrating differences and creating environments where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.
To deliver the highest standard of care at Gloucestershire Hospitals, we foster an environment that promotes inclusivity, ensuring that both our staff can thrive and our patients receive services tailored to their needs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description for comprehensive details of the roles main duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training Essential
Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of a professional portfolio, registration revalidation & commitment to lifelong learning
Desirable
Non-medical prescribing, with evidence of up-to-date knowledge of appropriate prescribing for patient groups or willingness to undertake the course
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Able to manage differentiated and undifferentiated presentations and complex situations to make evidence-based judgements. Demonstrate the role of education in this post and how they would address the educational needs. Excellent presentational, communication and interpersonal skills Act as a specialist clinical expert in direct contact care, able to make high level skills decisions, informed by advanced diagnostic, assessment and treatment skills Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess, diagnose, plan and offer a range of treatment options; deliver, evaluate and amend the treatment plan Act as an expert resource in educating the wider multidisciplinary team in the safe and appropriate management of patients who present to the service on referral and facilitate ongoing education needs to allow discharge planning. Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice Development in professional and management procedures within own area and across several related disciplines relevant to service area.
Desirable
Understand legislation in relation to People with Learning Disabilities. Operational management experience including experience of managing and developing multi - disciplinary or integrated pathway teams in a variety of locations. Experience of developing advanced practice guidelines, governance and audit.
Clinical/Experience Essential
Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment Previous experience in a relevant speciality Extensive experience of working with people who have neurological conditions.
Desirable
Co-ordinate and utilise skills to assess, plan, take appropriate action/intervention and evaluate care interventions for individuals with neurological conditions, in line with the National Service Framework (NSF) for long term conditions and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines.
Personal Attributes Essential
Display a caring attitude to patients, their relatives, colleagues and themselves in a stressful environment Demonstrate the enhanced aptitude required to initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions. Resilient under pressure, whilst understanding own limitations Supports the Band 7 and ACP and act as a specialist clinical expert in direct contact care, able to make high level skills decisions, informed by advanced diagnostic, assessment and treatment skills. Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively
Desirable
Demonstrate a critical understanding of own level of responsibility, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Gloucestershire NHS Trust Foundation
Great Western Road
Gloucester
GL1 3NN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)