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Job summary

Main area
District Nursing Service
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends/evening and day shifts)
Job ref
110-NMR184-0424
Employer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Multiple Sites Across District Nursing Services within CTM
Town
Bridgend
Salary
£28,834 - £35,099 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board logo

Community Staff Nurse

Band 5

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

Full & Part Time Vacancies available across all sites within the CTM District Nursing Services covering Rhondda Taf Ely, Bridgend & Merthyr Cynon

Multiple opportunities have arisen for suitably qualified and experienced Registered Nurses to join the District Nursing Service. 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.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

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

 

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

The Community Staff Nurse is responsible for the delivery of prescribed nursing care to patients on a day to day basis.  This would include the holistic assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence based care.  The post holder will be autonomous in his/her clinical practice while acknowledging their limitations and actively seek advice as necessary.

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
  • Meets all essential criteria
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Meets all essential criteria
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Meets all essential criteria
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Age positiveStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrAccredited Living Wage EmployerWelsh logo for Armed Force Bronze Award for Cym Taf UHBAccredited Living Wage EmployerCore principlesPrentisiaethau Apprenticeships

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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kelly Davies
Job title
Interim Senior Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01656 753922
Additional information

Julie Welling

[email protected]

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