- Health assessment and none medical prescriber
- post registration qualification in epilepsy
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Epilepsy Fellow Qehb
1 week ago
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, United KingdomThis is an opportunity for a senior trainee in Neurology at registrar level or above to gain specialist experience working alongside our neurology colleagues within the epilepsy service. ...
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Epilepsy Youth Worker
5 days ago
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe, United KingdomThey will ensure the clinic environment is Young People friendly, stimulating and work closely with Young People with Epilepsy, conducting relevant workshops in the community. · A critical function of the role is to support the wider hospital youth service and ensure Young People ...
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Epilepsy Youth Worker
1 week ago
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Crewe, United KingdomDetailed of the main responsibilities can be found in the job description attached. Overview of responsibilities: Working with young people who are diagnosed with epilepsy, to ensure that the holistic needs are met Increase engagement with Young People Collect data from survey an ...
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Support Worker for Bank
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Appcastenterprise Telford, United Kingdom**Support Worker opportunity in Telford, Shropshire for bank team** · Gray Healthcare has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support Worker to join their team in Telford, supporting a gentleman with a mild learning disability, Schizo-Affective disorder and Epilepsy. · The ...
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Support Worker for Part-time Hours
2 weeks ago
Appcastenterprise Telford, United Kingdom Part time**Support Worker opportunity in Telford, Shropshire for 24 hours/week** · Gray Healthcare has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support Worker to join their team in Telford, supporting a gentleman with a mild learning disability, Schizo-Affective disorder and Epilepsy. · ...
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Support Worker
2 weeks ago
Appcastenterprise Telford, United Kingdom**Support Worker opportunity in Telford, Shropshire for 36 hours/week** · Gray Healthcare has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Support Worker to join their team in Telford, supporting a gentleman with a mild learning disability, Schizo-Affective disorder and Epilepsy. · ...
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Health Care Assistant
1 week ago
Appcastenterprise Telford, United Kingdom**Health Care Assistant** · **Salary**: £ £14.96 per hour · Hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm. · Location: Telford · **A driving licence is required** · We are looking to recruit Health Care Assistants to support our client in his own home in Telford. Our client has a condition c ...
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Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Epilepsies
1 week ago
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United KingdomAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, proactive Nurse Specialist to make a significantdifference 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 ...
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Residential Support Worker
1 week ago
CareTech Group Telford, United Kingdom**Residential Support Worker £ £ £12.32 ph** · **No sleep in's required** · At Inspire it is imperative and important that our children enjoy new and varied experiences that encourage them to be the best version of themselves and that any disability is not seen as a barrier but a ...
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Waking Nights Support Worker
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CareTech Group Telford, United Kingdom**WAKING NIGHTS SUPPORT WORKER, £12.57 P.H ** £500 WELCOME BONUS - TEFLFORD** · At Inspire it is imperative and important that our children enjoy new and varied experiences that encourage them to be the best version of themselves and that any disability is not seen as a barrier b ...
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Enabler
1 week ago
StanleySmith Case Management Wellington, United KingdomWe are recruiting for a support worker to work part-time with a young client based in Wellington, Somerset. · The client is a 10 year old. She sustained a traumatic brain injury as oxygen deprivation at birth. She has a visual impairment, epilepsy as well as a cognitive impairmen ...
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Healthcare Assistant
2 weeks ago
Ocean Healthcare Wellington, United KingdomOcean Healthcare are looking for an experienced **Female Healthcare Assistant** to support a young man in Wellington, Somerset who has Cerebral Palsy. He also has epilepsy, learning disability, severe visual impairment, and severe reflux. He has a PEG and JEJ. · This young man li ...
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Care Assistant
3 weeks ago
Ocean Healthcare Wellington, United KingdomOcean Healthcare are looking for an experienced **Female Healthcare Assistant** to support a young man in Wellington, Somerset who has Cerebral Palsy. He also has epilepsy, learning disability, severe visual impairment, and severe reflux. He has a PEG and JEJ. · This young man li ...
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Care Assistant
2 weeks ago
Ocean Healthcare Wellington Rockwell Green and West, United KingdomOcean Healthcare are looking for an experienced **Female Healthcare Assistant** to support a young man in Wellington, Somerset who has Cerebral Palsy. He also has epilepsy, learning disability, severe visual impairment, and severe reflux. He has a PEG and JEJ. · This young man li ...
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Care Assistant
3 weeks ago
Ocean Healthcare Wellington, United KingdomOcean Healthcare are looking for an experienced **Female Healthcare Assistant** to support a young man in Wellington, Somerset who has Cerebral Palsy. He also has epilepsy, learning disability, severe visual impairment, and severe reflux. He has a PEG and JEJ. · This young man li ...
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Care Assistant
2 days ago
Ocean Healthcare Wellington, United KingdomOcean Healthcare are looking for an experienced **Female Healthcare Assistant** to support a young man in Wellington, Somerset who has Cerebral Palsy. He also has epilepsy, learning disability, severe visual impairment, and severe reflux. He has a PEG and JEJ. · This young man li ...
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, United Kingdom PermanentJob summary · We are looking for an outstanding colleague to join our general paediatric team as a substantive consultant on 9 PA. You will be based at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital with duties across sites. The post arises due to partial retirement and adjustment of duties, an ...
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, United Kingdom Full timeWe are looking for an outstanding colleague to join our general paediatric team as a substantive consultant on 9 PA. You will be based at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital with duties across sites. The post arises due to partial retirement and adjustment of duties, and we are especi ...
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Lysine Metabolism As Therapeutic Target for
1 week ago
Aston University Birmingham, United Kingdom**Lysine metabolism as therapeutic target for epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)** · **Department**:College of Health and Life Sciences · **Contract Type**:Fixed Term · **Basis**:Full Time · **Closing date**: 24th July 2023 · **Supervisors**: · Dr. Felix Chan · Prof. Ga ...
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Post Doctoral Research Assistant
2 weeks ago
Aston University Birmingham, United KingdomApplications are invited to join our growing multidisciplinary and collaborative translational epilepsy research group. We are looking to appoint two outstanding research scientists with expertise in _in vivo_ and _in vitro_ electrophysiology to work alongside Professor Gavin Woo ...
Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Epilepsies - Telford, United Kingdom - The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, proactive Nurse Specialist to make a significantdifference 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 theDepartment of Neurology at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT). The post-holder will bebased within Shropshire, providing services to people living in the county and its surrounding successful applicant will work as part of the expanding neurological team here at RWT. Thepostholder 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 theEpilepsies 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 besupported with induction, training and advanced educational opportunities. We will use the EpilepsySpecialist Nurses Association (ESNA) competencies to help you to develop a clear career pathwaytowards 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 judgementsusing 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 workloadand commitments to facilitate clinics in various locations throughout Shropshire and the surroundingarea, adapting and prioritising as necessary. Current clinic sites are in Shrewsbury and Telford, withplans 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 withthe 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 anindividual'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).
About us
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.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
The Department of Neurology is rapidly expanding its research portfolio, and you will participate in high quality, nurse led research and audit, applicable to the specialty, and to the benefit of an educator, you will help to develop the knowledge base of people with epilepsy and health professionals who care for people with epilepsy.
Work as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team and at times liaising and acting as a specialist resource across multi-agency specialties.
You will be required to work autonomously in clinic settings across the region. Be required to take telephone help line messages and triage patient queries offering support and advice respective to seizure management or on-going care.
To deliver autonomous advanced level practice encompasses aspects of education, research and management but is firmly grounded in direct compassionate care provision or clinical work with patients, families, caseloads and populations.Practitioners working at an advanced level will promote public health and well-being using making every contact count as an approach to change behaviour through interactions with individuals, carers and families to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and role will be 80% clinical and 20% be accountable for :Ensuring safe and effective clinical practiceEnhancing the patients experienceEnsuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisations objectivesEfficient and effective use of resourcesTeam leaderManaging and developing the performance of the team [service specific]
Person SpecificationAbility to work at Masters level, or working towards
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