Headache Specialist Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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
This role is for a Senior Specialist Nurse in headache, working towards advanced practice. The post holder will lead and develop the specialist headache service, providing autonomous clinical care and strong leadership within a multi-disciplinary team. They will also develop and deliver educational programs for staff and students on headache diagnosis and management. The role involves developing practice to an advanced level, influencing patient care, and diagnosing simple headache disorders independently.
Essential criteria
- Significant experience within speciality of the recruiting area for the ACP role
- Proven evidence of management ability and leadership skills
- Excellent clinical and practical skills
- Significant experience within speciality of the recruiting area for the ACP role
- Proven evidence of management ability and leadership skills
- Excellent clinical and practical skills
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.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Headache Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
Employed as a Senior Specialist Nurse, working at an enhanced level of practice or towards advanced practice, completing a master's degree (Level 7) programme or other specialist service training curriculum, in line with their primary professional regulatory body requirements.
Fulfilling the expectations and capabilities of a Senior Specialist Nurse will be achieved through workplace-based training and assessments and in clinical practice, with support through clinical supervision in own service/speciality area.
The Senior Specialist Nurse will be supported in their professional development and wellbeing, working at the level of enhanced practice, or towards advanced practice, through achievement of the academic requirements and evidence of workplace-based capabilities and competence within their service/speciality.
The Senior Specialist Nurse will be expected to demonstrate and develop proficiency across the four pillars of practice, namely Clinical, Leadership and Management, Education and Research appropriate to their level of practice, and their scope of professional practice.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will be the lead specialist nurse for headache, responsible for the management and development of their specialist se
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