Roald Dahl Epilepsy Specialist Nurse for Children and Young People
Location
Fulwood, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/28/2025
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Description
We have an exciting opportunity to welcome a new addition to our Children's Community and Specialist Nursing Team.
As a Roald Dahl Specialist Nurse for Children and Young People with Epilepsy, you would be joining a team of experienced and forward-thinking colleagues.
Angela is our other Roald Dahl Specialist Nurse for Epilepsy and within this role you will have opportunities to work alongside Angela, Karen who is currently seconded within an Lead Epilepsy Specialist Nurse Role in the ICB, our Consultant Paediatrician with a specialist interest in Epilepsy and Administrative staff.
The service provides advice, guidance and review to Children, Young people who have received a diagnosis of Epilepsy and their families within several settings. These could be within our busy general paediatric department where CYP are seen as an inpatient or outpatient within MDT held clinics/home visits/visits to their educational/childcare settings.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Victoria Atkinson Job title: Matron -Children's Community & Specialist Nursing Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07546303088
Please do feel free to reach out to Angela and Karen for more information about the role.
01772 522679
[email protected]
As a Roald Dahl Specialist Nurse for Children and Young People with Epilepsy, you would be joining a team of experienced and forward-thinking colleagues.
Angela is our other Roald Dahl Specialist Nurse for Epilepsy and within this role you will have opportunities to work alongside Angela, Karen who is currently seconded within an Lead Epilepsy Specialist Nurse Role in the ICB, our Consultant Paediatrician with a specialist interest in Epilepsy and Administrative staff.
The service provides advice, guidance and review to Children, Young people who have received a diagnosis of Epilepsy and their families within several settings. These could be within our busy general paediatric department where CYP are seen as an inpatient or outpatient within MDT held clinics/home visits/visits to their educational/childcare settings.
- 🤝 By working in collaboration with the nursing team and lead Consultant with a specialist interest in Epilepsy, you will provide direct expert nursing care to patients and their families with Epilepsy.
- 🧑⚕️ An ability to work as an autonomous practitioner is paramount to assess children holistically, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based care.
- 🛡️ You will need to demonstrate a robust understanding of issues related to children with a lifelong health condition and have the capability to work autonomously to safely and effectively support a complex caseload of patients accessing the care pathway.
- 🌍 In providing a holistic, collaborative, and co-ordinated approach, the key aim is to help reduce the impact of epilepsy on the child and their family. You will be delivering education and training for patients, carers, health care professionals, and other professional groups.
- 📚 You will contribute to the continuous improvement of the service through teaching and support of other health care professionals and acting as a source of nursing expertise in this area.
- 🔬 Also, actively participate in research activity and clinical audits within the specialist area to further enhance awareness and opportunities for evidence-based patient care.
- 🧑⚕️ The Epilepsy Specialist Nurse will be a key member to support patients, families, and carers of people with Epilepsy.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Victoria Atkinson Job title: Matron -Children's Community & Specialist Nursing Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07546303088
Please do feel free to reach out to Angela and Karen for more information about the role.
01772 522679
[email protected]
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