Headache & Migraine Clinical Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist/Non-Medical Prescriber to join the Neurology team. The role focuses on headache and migraine specialism, managing a caseload, and acting as a link between acute and community neurology services. The successful candidate will provide expert clinical advice, support best practice development, and contribute to patient-centred care. This position is open to AHP's and nurses with experience in neurology, offering professional development within an expanding team.
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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.
- Flexible to meet needs of post.
- Dexterity and accuracy is required to be able to administer and draw up medications.
- First level registration.
- Level 6 Degree in adult Nursing.
- Health Assessment qualification.
- Nurse prescriber qualification.
- Neurology training/ modules at level 6 or 7.
- Teaching qualification or be willing to work towards.
- Msc degree or willingness to study at this level.
- 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.
- 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.
- Flexible to meet needs of post.
- Dexterity and accuracy is required to be able to administer and draw up medications.
- First level registration.
- Level 6 Degree in adult Nursing.
- Health Assessment qualification.
- Nurse prescriber qualification.
- Neurology training/ modules at level 6 or 7.
- Teaching qualification or be willing to work towards.
- Msc degree or willingness to study at this level.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 7d ago · Closes in 19d
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Job summary
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity of a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Non-Medical Prescriber within our progressive Neurology team at Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust (open to AHP's)
The position is for an Headache & Migraine Specialist Nurse to join our expanding team. We are particularly interested in those nurses with previous experience in speciality or have experience caring for patients with Neurological conditions. Despite this we do recognise that applicants may not have worked directly in the Headache speciality. There is therefore the opportunity for a dedicated and enthusiastic non-medical prescriber to continue their professional development, supported by our Neurology team and take on this new challenge.
We are committed to building Neurology Services that makes full use of talents, skills and experience of our staff to inform service developments further and deliver patient centred, compassionate care.
_If you would like more information on this vacancy or arrange an informal visit, please contact:_
Lynn Clements - Lead Nurse Neurology [email removed]
or Stuart Guy Directorate Manager [email removed]
Main duties of the job
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, part
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