Paediatric Epilepsy Clinical Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated children's nurse to come and join our Children's nursing team In Croydon as an Epilepsy Nurse Specialist. Working alongside our existing Epilepsy Nurse Specialist this role will provide care, support, advice and education in primary and community care settings including hospital/community clinics, home and schools for children and young people with a diagnosis of epilepsy. You will act as an expert resource for children and parents/carers with a diagnosis of epilepsy, working alongside families and colleagues to improve the management of their long term condition.,

• To work in collaboration with professionals in community, primary and secondary settings to ensure case identification and referral to the service offering children and young people with an epilepsy diagnosis ongoing care.
• To work jointly within the MDT to facilitate both hospital and community clinics, ensuring children and young people with epilepsy are managed effectively.
• To work with families from when an epilepsy diagnosis is made - supporting with giving lots of complex information regarding the diagnosis, supporting them to come to terms with diagnosis, answering questions. This may mean working with families with language or learning difficulties and involve communicating face to face or by telephone.
• To maintain and monitor policies and procedures for written and verbal communication and referral to appropriate agencies.
• To manage transition for young people with epilepsy and their carers into adult services.
• Develop working relationships with GPs and pharmacists for on-going support with medication usage and adherence.
  
  Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust wasformed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide servicesfora population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone isworkinghard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our
services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challengeyourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're lookingfor.