Roald Dahl Paediatric Epilepsy Specialist Nurse
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
London, N18 1QX
Salary
£55,524 to £62,652
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
7 September 2026
7 days left
Job description
We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic paediatric nurse to join our Paediatric Epilepsy service in the position of Epilepsy Nurse Specialist We are...
This role will be expected to act as a practice leader, managing own workload and work across professional, organizational, agency and system boundaries to develop services for Babies, Children and Young People (BCYP) with Epilepsy. This will include life-limiting and life shortening conditions.
To participate and contribute to networks, locally, regionally and nationally. The post holder will promote and facilitate excellent standards of care and contribute to the future development of the Paediatric Epilepsy services within the trust.
The role will critically appraise evidenced based practice and apply the principles of prudent healthcare, assessing and managing risk and proactively challenge others.
The post holder will act as key liaison between children's and adult's Services, Health Care Teams, Lead Consultant, Consultant Physicians, Out-patient nursing team, Senior Sisters and Nursing teams for paediatric and adult Units, Tertiary Unit teams and within the Children's Community and District Nursing Services, and Public Health Teams, in relation to epilepsy care.
To provide epilepsy specialist nursing advice, education, and leadership within the speciality.
To act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals .
To work within the multi-disciplinary team in the provision of optimal care throughout all aspects of the patients care pathway and in all clinical settings.
Undertake clinical competencies relevant to this specialist service to develop and demonstrate autonomy in advanced practice skills in the holistic assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for the cohort of patients within the specialist service.
Delivery of high-quality patient care, acting as nursing role model for nursing practice across the speciality and Trust.
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
North Middlesex University Hospital, is part of Royal Free London NHS Trust, and it is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk
Education and qualifications
Essential
- RSCN/RN Child Branch.
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
- Level 3 child protection training
- Evidence of continuing professional development within specialty
- Relevant Degree in nursing or equivalent
Desirable
- Master's degree or workings towards this.
- Nurse prescribing qualification.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of participation in service development and implementation of change
- Sound knowledge of the principles and practice of specialist care.
- Extensive Paediatric nursing experience, including working with children and young people
- Evidence of nursing epilepsy patients within the acute setting and management awareness
- A high level of communication skills, to include but not exclusively, mediation, negotiation, consultation, facilitation, presentation and training .
- Awareness of Epilepsy 12
- Ability to manage change, both personally and as a facilitator.
- Computer literate: able to use MS Office packages and manage databases.
- Awareness of current NHS issues and pressures.
- Awareness of issues surrounding governance and quality initiatives.
- Ability to critically analyse and apply research to the clinical setting.
- Management/organisational/prioritisation skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and independently.
- Safeguarding children's experience and knowledge
Desirable
- Ability to recognise the contribution of MDT staffing.
- Ability to lead change and innovations in specialist practice.
- Epilepsy PET course 1,2 & 3 (or working towards)
- Completion of the non-medical prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Paediatric nursing experience.
- Extensive experience of working with inpatients/outpatients relevant to the speciality.
- Experience of teaching on formal and informal education programmes/conferences/presentations.
- Experience of working effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Recent experience of audit.
Desirable
- Experience of nurse led clinics.
- Clinical supervision experience.
- Experience in research.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Kind and respectful to patients, families and staff.
- Self-motivated and able to influence and empower others to deliver safe, patient-focused care in specialist practice.
- Act as a role model to lead the way in specialist care.
- Ability to innovate and create flexible working practices.
- Leadership and persuasive skills.
- Demonstrable evidence of being able and being willing to understand values of respect, kindness, excellence, and safety, with behaviours which reinforce these values.
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First seen
25 August 2026
Last checked
27 August 2026
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