Job Summary
You will be required to provide specialist nursing skills, knowledge and expertise to patients and their families/carers affected by epilepsy.

We are looking for someone who works well within a team, with excellent communication skills and capable of working autonomously.

We will offer you involvement in a variety academic projects.

If you are looking to become part of an exciting and expanding service, whilst making a significant contribution to the quality of life for individuals with epilepsy we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
Work as a core member of the multi-disciplinary team and at times liaising and acting as a specialist resource across multi-agency specialties.

You will be required to work autonomously in clinic settings across the region. Be required to take telephone help line messages and triage patient queries offering support and advice respective to seizure management or on-going care.

About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Details
Closing date: 16 August 2026
Date posted: 03 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 225-DIV2-8008424
Job locations: Shawbirch, Shrewsbury, TF5 0DU, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
To deliver autonomous advanced level practice encompasses aspects of education, research and management but is firmly grounded in direct compassionate care provision or clinical work with patients, families, caseloads and populations. Practitioners working at an advanced level will promote public health and well-being using making every contact count as an approach to change behaviour through interactions with individuals, carers and families to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and wellbeing. The role will be 80% clinical and 20% non-clinical. To be accountable for:

• Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice
• Enhancing the patients experience
• Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisations objectives
• Efficient and effective use of resources
• Team leader
• Managing and developing the performance of the team [service specific]

Person Specification
Ability to work at Masters level, or working towards
Essential

• Health assessment and none medical prescriber

Desirable

• post registration qualification in epilepsy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant nurse for the epilepsies
Phil Tittensor
phil.tittensor@nhs.net
07867847817

Employer details
Employer name: The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address: Shawbirch, Shrewsbury, TF5 0DU, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website