Job summary
- Main area
- Cymuned Community / Nyrsio Ardal District Nursing
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on call Senior Manger on call roster covering weekends and nights)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR226-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Health Office
- Town
- Upper Church Village
- Salary
- £54,550 - £61,412 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Nurse District Nursing
Band 8a
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced Registered Nurse to apply for the demanding role of Senior Nurse for District Nursing.
The applicant must be confident and competent in a wide range of skills and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional learning and development. There is a requirement for a flexible approach to work and an ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.
The successful applicant will hold a Specialist Practitioner Qualification in Community Health Studies and will have a achieved or be working towards a degree at Masters level. A management qualification would also be desirable.
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.
Leadership to the District Nursing teams will be paramount and the ability to give assurance to Lead Nurse and Head of Nursing on the safe , effective and efficient care delivery within the locality.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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
Leadership and management
Financial accountability for District nurse teams establishments and spend
Governance of services including training, Datix , concerns , PADR
Role model for teams
Member of the Multidisciplinary teams ( MDT) and active involvement with cluster and active involvement with cluster and MDT
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
- Significant relevant clinical experience at Band 7 or equivalent or above
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within health and social service systems, both at local and strategic levels
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered professional with current NMC registration
- Master’s Level or possess skills, knowledge and/or training and experience to its equivalency
Desirable criteria
- Research Module
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 not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa king
- Job title
- Nyrs Arweiniol Lead nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977 381800
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