Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for full time and part time Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist's to join the Neurology team at Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
The post holder will work within a specialist nursing team who have a nursing responsibility for the neurology specialty. We are the lead provider for Epilepsy countywide.
The applicant should be able to demonstrate their ability to work well within a multidisciplinary team.
This post requires the candidate to be an independent nurse prescriber.
If you would like more information on this vacancy, please contact Stuart Guy - Directorate Manager at stuart.guy1@nhs.net.
Main Duties of the Job
1. To ensure cohesive working between Acute and Community Neurology Services.
2. To contribute to the organisation of Neurology multidisciplinary, patient centred care.
3. To facilitate flow of patients both from A&E and through the Neurology unit in accordance with NICE guidelines.
4. To provide expert relevant clinical advice and support to patients and their carers.
5. To support the development and implementation of best practice within the speciality of neurology.
6. To provide a specialist nursing role in the assessment and management of patients who have suffered a neurology (in and out patients).
7. To provide an outreach service to other patients in the Hospital who have a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of neurology ensuring that their management is timely and appropriate.
8. To provide key support and an educational resource for any qualified and unqualified nursing staff, allied health professionals, junior doctors and students working within the speciality.
9. To develop nurse led Outpatient services and manage a caseload.
10. To play a key role in ensuring that national and local targets for neurology are met.
About Us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
* Best services for local people
* Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
* Best use of resources
* Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job Details
Date posted: 12 February 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: C9365-25-0136
Job Locations
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust
Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, WR5 1JR
The Alexandra Hospital, Woodrow Drive, Redditch, Worcestershire, B987UB
Person Specification
Experience
* Essential: Neurosciences experience working within an MDT
* Desirable: Neurology experience
Qualifications
* Essential: Health Assessment qualification and Nurse prescriber
* Desirable: Neurology experience
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, WR5 1JR
Employer's Website: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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