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Job overview

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT UNTIL MARCH 2025 DUE TO WELSH GOVERNMENT FUNDING. 

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate, motivated nurse to join the Primary Care Nursing team and liaise directly with a defined group of Primary Care services. The aim is to enhance the knowledge, skills and support of staff across our general practitioner services to ensure that they are able to provide safe and effective care to people with learning disabilities via the mandatory annual reviews.

Learning Disabilities directed enhanced services delivered in our general practitioner services across Swansea Bay encourage practice teams to adopt a more proactive approach. Spending more time with patients with learning disabilities and their carers enabling health problems to be established, and treated at the earliest possible stage, minimising risk to patients’ health. The post holder will be autonomous in facilitating the work closely with a range of Primary care health professionals, people with learning disabilities and their families to support the reduction of health inequalities experienced by this vulnerable group, promoting a team based approach to care.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this post include, providing knowledge and advice to colleagues within primary care to ensure the delivery of quality, evidence based learning disability health checks and improved patient outcomes. There will be further scope in the role to support training needs and working alongside the Primary care academy and wider LD community with any training or service gaps identified.

 The role requires the nurse to work in an autonomous way’ promoting best practice and providing advice, guidance and support across the GP footprint. Reporting on delivery of services in the Health Board, meeting the annual review requirement for the patient cohort on the GP register, and ensuring staff feel sufficiently trained to deliver this service.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. 

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.