Headache & Migraine Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a service working within the Clinical Nurse Specialist nursing team within the speciality of Neurology. Manages a caseload. Acting as a link with the Worcestershire Community trust, particularly the Community Neurology Team, to ensure timely and appropriate transfer of care in a managed way.

To ensure cohesive working between Acute and Community Neurology Services

To contribute to the organisation of Neurology multidisciplinary, patient centred care

To facilitate flow of patients both from A&E and through the Neurology unit in accordance with NICE guidelines

To provide expert relevant clinical advice and support to patients and their carers

To support the development and implementation of best practice within the speciality of neurology medicine

To provide a specialist nursing role in the assessment and management of patients who have suffered a neurology (in and out patients)

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

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

To develop nurse led Outpatient services and manage a caseload

To play a key role in ensuring that national and local targets for neurology are met.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Recent and relevant experience in Stroke or Neuro care.
• Working within a multidisciplinary team and multi-agencies to provide specialised nursing services.
• Experience and training of staff.
• Evidence of advanced clinical assessment/decision making and care delivery skills.
• Ability to assess and interpret complex needs of patients and able to make decisions on whether to order investigations and select correct referral pathway.
• IT literate in the use of Word, use of email, Excel.
• Ability to communicate complex, sensitive or contentious information including condition related information concerning patients.
• Be confident and competent in providing specialist advice concerning the care or treatment of speciality group of patients.
• Ability to work effectively as part of MDT and autonomously.
• Evidence of being up-to-date with current issues and research in neurology.
• Demonstrates strong clinical, professional and leadership skills.
• Experience of completing audits and managing change in relation to the results.
• Will undertake research and development within the role with some clinical trials.
• There is frequent requirement for moderate physical effort for several long periods during a shift.

Desirable

• Involvement in clinical audit and research.
• Evidence of advanced clinical assessment or decision making and delivery skills.
• Experience of autonomous working in clinic.
• Experience in teaching.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Flexible to meet needs of post.
• Dexterity and accuracy is required to be able to administer and draw up medications.

Qualifications

Essential

• First level registration.
• Level 6 Degree in adult Nursing.
• Health Assessment qualification.
• Nurse prescriber qualification.
• Neurology training/ modules at level 6 or 7.

Desirable

• Teaching qualification or be willing to work towards.
• Msc degree or willingness to study at this level.

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 NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Worcester Royal Hospital

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/