Job summary
- Main area
- Planned Care Main OPD/Fracture Clinic
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR208-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Staff Nurse/Deputy OPD/Fracture Clinic Manager
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 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
You will provide and maintain high quality patient care, working as part of the multi-disciplinary team, to achieve the highest standards for patients and their families/carers.
They will be able to work across both the outpatient & fracture clinic department in a variety of settings, assist with clinical procedures in clinic, and support the patient throughout the procedure and support/deputise for the Department Manager in planning and co-ordinating delivery of and actively develop both Services.
The post holder will undertake role of Clinic Co-ordinator and have the ability to manage own workload effectively, whilst delegating tasks and duties appropriately.
The post holder will be required to work across both Outpatients and Fracture clinics, within the department within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the day to day running of the OPD department including the busy Fracture Clinic. You will also be expected to:
Support the Department Manager in the management of staff within the Outpatients & Fracture Clinics
Working across all the clinical areas alongside multidisciplinary teams to ensure smooth flow of clinics. This requires excellent communication, time-management and problem-solving skills to resolve any issues (e.g. managing clinic delays)
Sound understanding of an outpatients setting including experience within T&O along with an enthusiastic and innovative character to develop this evolving service
Be able to teach, supervise, and assess others in their area of expertise in the Outpatients & Fracture Clinic Department setting, which includes multi-professional groups
Escalate any incidents or issues that cannot be resolved to the Senior Nurse for intervention
Act as advocate for patients and their families
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.
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or ‘B1’ Level if you’ve learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesn’t mean you have to be ‘fluent’ or be able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being hold to simple conversations with patient.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on NMC Professional Register
- Nursing Degree or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience plus professional knowledge acquired through experience, training and attendance at short courses to Postgraduate Diploma Level equivalency
- Have an in depth of knowledge of Vulnerable Adults and CHC process
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing module. Management experience or qualification
- BOC qualification
- Plaster Technician qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience as a Staff Nurse. Substantial post registration experience, including clinical leadership, and team management
- Clinical knowledge of multiple specialities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in OPD setting
Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate with patients, relatives and members of the multi-disciplinary team
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
- Jayne Griffiths
- Job title
- OPD/Fracture Clinic Department Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656752740
- Additional information
Please contact myself or Senior Nurse Lisa Harvey-Williams for any informal walk arounds or questions you have regarding this post.
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