Clinical Nurse Specialist Paediatric Neurology - Paediatric Neurology

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

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The shift pattern for this position is as follows:

The Neurosciences unit is a tertiary referral centre providing a high quality, safe and supportive environment where the in-house multi-disciplinary team provide assessment, diagnostic services and treatment to children and young people with neurological dysfunction, both congenital and acquired. The unit provides a service to the whole of the West of Scotland and beyond. It is the regional centre for children and young people with epilepsy, acquired brain injury rehabilitation, movement disorders, muscle disorders and sleep disorders. The post holder accepts referrals from consultant neurologists within this outpatient Service and provides the highest level of practice within neurology, making clinical judgements and autonomous decision-making concerning the specialist nursing care and supportive community care following assessment of patient need. The post holder is responsible for the case management of children admitted to the Neurology inpatient ward under the care of the neurology consultants. This ward is the regional inpatient unit for children with acute neurological conditions and the regional Rehabilitation centre for children and young people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and cross cover with the rehabilitation clinical nurse specialist will be required. The post holder is responsible for caring for a small caseload of children and young people with complex unstable and/or undiagnosed neurological disorders, complex motor disorders, neuro-inflammation and narcolepsy/cataplexy syndrome. The post holder will be required to develop and support care pathways and management plans for children and young people with complex neurological disorders, motor disorders and neuro-inflammatory conditions. The post holder is responsible for undertaking and managing a nurse-led sleep clinic for children and young people under the care of the Paediatric Neurology service with narcolepsy/cataplexy and other neurogenetic conditions for management including prescribing medication.

Informal contact: Jennifer Dunne, Neuromuscular Nurse Consultant/Neurology CNS Team Lead, / ,

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