Learning Disability Epilepsy Nurse Specialist
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A post has been created within the Bexley Community Learning Disability Team for a B6 Epilepsy Specialist Nurse to work alongside the Senior Epilepsy Nurse Specialist, to improve the quality of life and care provided to individuals with a learning disability living with epilepsy.
You will support the further development of the service, which aims to close the gap between the specialist epilepsy services provided in secondary care and those in the community.
You will join a multidisciplinary team consisting of other specialist health professionals including Psychiatry; Psychology; Occupational Therapy; Speech and Language Therapy; Physiotherapy and Behavioural Support.
You will provide more intensive epilepsy support to patients when compared with a conventional ESN's work and close involvement in assessing risk. You will also receive support and guidance from the Bromley LDES team who will be based in the same office suite.Whilst at base you will be sat directly amongst your colleagues and be able to access peer and multidisciplinary support easily.
We welcome applications from candidates who may not have worked specifically within an epilepsy service, although knowledge and experience of this physical health need is preferrable. Training is an integral part of the role to develop your career as an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult or Paediatric Nurse
- Additional CPD relevant to the role being applied for
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient post-registration experience of working with individuals with epilepsy
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical assessment skills
- Communication and relationship skills
- Works autonomously
- Teaching others
About the employer
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: