About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Adult Epilepsy Service. The service is based at GSST working over both main sites Guys Hospital and St Thomas' hospital. The post holder will act as a specialist and will demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist epilepsy service, providing advice, education and support to patients and their families and health care professionals Applicants must be an experienced registered nurses and have practiced at a minimum band 7 post or above.
All potential post holders should have at minimum 5 years' worth of experience as epilepsy specialist nurse . They must be able to demonstrate team leadership, resilience and determination. They should seek to lead new practice and service redesign solutions in response to feedback, evaluation and need, working across boundaries and broadening sphere of influence.
The post holder will be required to engage key stakeholders and influence the development and improvement of practice, patient care and service delivery.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced Adult trained nurse to lead the highly specialised Epilepsy Outpatient nursing team, supporting our adult epileptic patients (including prenatal/obstetric patients) within the neurology outpatient department. The post holder will be a member of a larger well-established MDT within Guy's & St Thomas Hospital, London.
Applicants must be an experienced adult registered nurse and have practiced at a minimum band 7 post or above for a minimum of 4 years. We are looking for someone who has extensive experience in looking after people with Epilepsy. They must be able to demonstrate team leadership, resilience and determination. They should seek to lead new practice and service redesign solutions in response to feedback, evaluation and need, working across boundaries and broadening sphere of influence.
The post holder will be required to engage key stakeholders and influence the development and improvement of practice, patient care and service delivery.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals; Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) is an experienced registered nurse with specialist skills to assess and treat patients and manage the clinical environment, in liaison with the management and consultant team. The nurse will act as an autonomous practitioner in forming clinical decisions and complex management plans in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients. In conjunction with senior nursing and consultant staff formulate the development of clinical guidance for all aspects of clinical practice within the clinical specialty. The post holder will develop new areas of practice, with nursing and consultant staff ensuring quality standards are met. The post holder will work closely with the interdisciplinary team and collaborate with colleagues to ensure that high quality patient care is maintained.
The Lead ANP will work in a team of with a band 7 Nurse Specialist that demonstrates a high level of expertise within the specialist service, providing specialist advice, education and support to the MDT team across outpatient and inpatient teams, particularly across the emergency pathways, as well as with patients. The Lead ANP will actively undertake clinical audits within the specialist area.
Person Specification
Previous Experience Essential
Bachelors Degree in nursing Advanced physical assessment skills Non Prescribing Course ACP Course Minimum 5 years working at senior level within Epilepsy/Neurology
Desirable
ACP Course Master's Degree
Skills knowledge and Ability Essential
Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills Experience of running nurse led clinics Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Epilepsy Ability to critically appraise and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research evaluations and audit.
Desirable
Experience of teaching Experience of managing and treating epilepsy in pregnancy
Additional information Essential
Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address Guys and St Thomas' Hospital
London
SE1 7EH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)