Job overview

The post holder will work as a member of the District Nursing Service under the direction and supervision of the Team Leader District Nursing. 

The post holder will contribute to the implementation of nursing care as assessed and prescribed by the Registered Nurse.  This will include working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency arena alongside the primary health care team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to the implementation of nursing care as assessed and prescribed by the Registered Nurse.  This will include working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency arena alongside the primary health care team.

The post holder will hold Level 3 NVQ/QSF in a health care associated certificate or possess skills, knowledge and experience to equivalent level, and be prepared to commit to begin this qualification within 3 months of commencing in the role.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.  

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.