Band 7 Epilepsy CNS
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated registered nurse with experience in Epilepsy & neurology to join the established epilepsy specialist team at UHB. This is a part-time, 12-month fixed-term post to manage epilepsy services in HGS. The role involves running nurse-led clinics independently, assessing patients, and devising comprehensive epilepsy care plans. The post holder will work closely with consultant neurologists and health colleagues, exercising a high degree of professional autonomy to provide holistic patient care.
Key responsibilities
- Act as an expert practitioner, working autonomously and managing a caseload of patients within a speciality.
- Provide a specialist nursing service and advice to staff, patients, their families, and carers, liaising effectively with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Participate in nurse-led and multidisciplinary clinics, ward rounds, patient reviews, and multidisciplinary team meetings, coordinating treatment independently or with the team.
- Undertake and provide treatment/advice as per speciality and scope of practice, using agreed protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Ensure high quality, current evidence-based nursing care underpins all actions and interactions with patients, aligned to professional values.
Essential criteria
- *Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
- *Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
- *Recognised mentorship course
- *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- *Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
- *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence.
- *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
- *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
- *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Experience of patient service user advocacy role
- *Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
- *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
- *Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
- *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
- *Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
- *Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
- *Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
- *Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
- *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- *Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
- *Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
- *Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
- *Ability to act on own initiative
Desirable criteria
- *To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
- *To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
- *Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role
- *Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
- *Experience in service development Awareness of current research related to the speciality
- *Awareness of current research related to the speciality
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 5d ago · Closes in 10d
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Epilepsy CNS
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated registered nurse with experience in Epilepsy & neurology to join the established epilepsy specialist team at UHB. This is a part time (30 Hours) 12-month fixed term post to manage epilepsy services in HGS.
The post will involve an initial induction period and then requires work across HGS sites. You will gain the experience to run and maintain nurse-led clinics independently, including specialist areas -- A&E, Specialist Epilepsy clinics and transition clinics. You will learn the skills required for assessing patients and subsequently devising, implementing and assessing an individual's comprehensive epilepsy care plan. The post holder will need to possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and is required to work closely with consultant neurologists and health colleagues within primary and secondary care, social care, contributing to and implementing care for people with epilepsy.
With appropriate training and the support of the epilepsy CNS lead, you will be expected to exercise a high degree of professional autonomy and to make critical judgements using specialist knowledge; you will provide the highest standard of holistic patient care for patients with epilepsy
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