Children's Epilepsy and Transition Nurse Specialist

We are a highly experienced, well-established Children's Epilepsy Team committed to delivering innovative, compassionate and high-quality care to children and young people with epilepsy and their families across Portsmouth and the surrounding areas.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic registered nurse to join our specialist service as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (Epilepsy and Transition). The successful candidate will be supported to develop specialist expertise in paediatric epilepsy while taking a key role in supporting young people as they prepare for adulthood, greater independence and transition to adult healthcare services.

Working alongside experienced Epilepsy Nurse Specialists, consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will provide holistic assessment, education, support and care coordination for children and young people with epilepsy from diagnosis through to transition. You will build meaningful relationships with young people and their families, empowering them to develop the knowledge, confidence and self-management skills needed to navigate life with a long-term condition.

Previous epilepsy experience is desirable but not essential.

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust., The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.