Nurse Specialist-Neurology

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Neurology Nurse Specialistwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills to become an expert resource in a variety of neurological conditions.

You will support our Lead Nurse Tracey Smith, Headache and Epilepsy nurse specialists as well as our specialist consultants. The role includes reviewing patients in f2f and virtual clinics. You will also support the Nurse Specialists and specialist consultants reviewing inpatients at the Lister Hospital.

You will be assessing and advising on self-management, reviewing medication outcomes and much more. There will be an opportunity to develop expertise in the management of people with Long Term Neurological conditions. Local, regional and national support as well as academic training will be available to you.

Clinics will potentially be across three sites: Lister, New QEII and HCH.

Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to arrange an informal visit.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care as a practitioner with specialist skills.

Provide specialist clinical advice for patients and carers.

Carry a caseload and take responsibility for the management of allocated cases.

Improve and maintain standards of care within the specialty.

Develop the skills of generalist nurses to enable them to provide a high standard of care for patients within the specialty.

Provide a high level of communication by:

The successful candidate will provide a high level of communication by ensuring the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering the patient to make informed decisions.

Keep accurate patient records and ensure the patient pathway is coordinated and any targets are met.

Make appropriate and timely decisions about the management of patient care.

Organise own specialist workload, including education & training and cover other team members as appropriate.

Contribute to teaching, course development and curriculum planning within own specialty and with lead nurse for professional development.

Teach patients and relatives about their condition, treatment, and self-help.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG6 1AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG6 1AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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