[ref. t468620] Community Staff Nurse

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced Registered Nurse to join the Overnight District Nursing Service within CTMUHB covering the whole footprint.

The applicant must be a Registered Nurse, be confident and competent in a wide range of clinical skills and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development.

There is a requirement for a flexible approach to work and an ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.

Main duties of the job

There are multiple demands in this exciting role due to the challenging nature of providing care for patients outside of the hospital environment. during out of hours .

The post-holder will however find themselves well supported by a very friendly and enthusiastic team of staff.

The post is initially based with the overnight a District Nursing Team in Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, however will be expected to cover across 3 allocated geographical zones overnight.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Registration

• Live UK NMC registration

Experience

• Experience in a wide range of clinical skills

• Competence and confidence in a wide range of clinical skills including palliative care, chronic disease management and wound management

Knowledge

• Working towards Supplementary Nurse Prescriber qualification
• Working towards Diploma/Degree/Masters qualification in CHS [District Nursing] Specialist Practitioner DN

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.