Job summary
- Main area
- District Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-NMR301-0724
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pyle Life Centre
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £35,922 - £43,257 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
District Nurse Caseload Holder
Band 6
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.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Band 6 District Nurse – 37.5 hours
Base: East Integrated Community Network Team. Bridgend
An excellent opportunity is offered for an experienced Community Nurse to apply for the post of Band 6 District Nurse Caseload holder post . The successful applicant will hold responsibility for the care and management of a defined clinical caseload of patients within a very busy District Nursing Team within an Integrated Community Network Team-. There are multiple demands in this exciting role due to the challenging nature of providing care for patients outside of the hospital environment. The post-holder will however find themselves well supported by an inter- disciplinary team , which includes: social work; occupational therapy; physiotherapy; speech and language therapy; dietetics and pharmacy.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing support to the Team Leader in the day to day management of multidisciplinary/multi-agency packages of scheduled and unscheduled care for patients with multiple, complex and palliative care needs. Assisting the Team Leader in the requirements of the nursing team by utilising effective management and leadership skills.
Responsible for the delegation of clinical nursing activities to appropriately skilled team members, ensuring that an efficient and effective service is delivered to the practice population.
Responsible for prioritising delegated home visits according to the patients’ clinical need and geographical location.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taff Morgannwg serves a wider diversity of individuals and communities, from the seaside resort of Porthcawl, to urban and rural areas in Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Bridgend locality is ideally based for those who are willing to commute to work, on the M4 corridor between Swansea and Cardiff.
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
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures
Desirable criteria
- Leadership skills, ability to implement change in response to local/national developments/ research
Skills
Essential criteria
- Analytical and judgemental skills to enhance the decision making process to resolve complex issues /situations
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within health and social service systems Application Form
English
Essential criteria
- Has or is working towards DN SPQ
- Able to effectively use the Civica scheduling tool
- Illustrates a sound knowledge of effective caseload management
- Understand role in supporting Band 7
- Is committed to own and teams CPD
Desirable criteria
- Full range of pertinent clinical skills
- Ability to recognise and act accordingly when risk is identified.
- Understand the role of the MDT and make pertinent referrals.
English
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the DN interim principles and how these relate to practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Walford Thomas
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 753935
- Additional information
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