Headache Nurse Specialist | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

The Neurology Team here at NUH are delighted to offer a fantastic 12 month secondment opportunity for a Band 6 Headache Nurse Specialist post.

This post would be an ideal opportunity for a Registered Adult Nurse to develop and enhance existing clinical skills and knowledge in the specialist field of headache management.

The successful candidate will join our existing Headache nurse in providing direct clinical care as well as advice and support to patients, families, carers and other health professionals.

Experience at Band 6 is desirable.

You will be a clinical and professional role model with a passion for the delivery of high quality clinical care.

You will be an effective team player with an ability to plan and organise your own workload,.

You will possess excellent communication skills, and an ability to teach families, carers and health professionals.

You will be working as part of a dynamic, forward thinking multi-professional team, offering you key opportunities to develop your career as a Headache Nurse Specialist within this rapidly expanding specialty.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

You will be working alongside an established epilepsy team comprising of a Lead Headache Nurse Specialist and a team of Consultant Neurologists.

You will be play an active role in :

Our dedicated headache clinics

Offering a telephone advisory service for patients, families and carers

Liaising with other professions including:

Paediatric colleagues at NUH, Notts partnership healthcare trust - Intellectual Disability Service, Primary Care colleagues

You will be given opportunity to participate in more specialised headache related clinics such as Botox clinics where we provide Botox as a therapy.