Nurse in Risca

EEO Statement

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English. Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments or support needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 or email [email protected]

Role overview

We are looking for an experienced, knowledgeable, innovative and compassionate nursing leader to become the Senior Nurse of our Children\’s Community Nursing Service. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in modernising services with the engagement of teams and service users to deliver the highest quality care to meet the population need across ABUHB, including:

• Acute or short term health needs, \’Care Closer To Home\’ and community clinical & clinic nursing teams
• Long term conditions which are met through a variety of Specialist Nursing teams provision, including Enteral Feeding & Gastroenterology, and Palliative Care
• Support for children with disabilities including Children\’s Continuing Care and Special School Nursing Teams
• Children with life limiting conditions including those who are at end of life

The Senior Nurse is a visible, authoritative and professional clinical leader with responsibility for the direction of nursing, implementation of the corporate nursing agenda, enhancement/modernisation of clinical practice and development of clinical staff to optimise the patient and family experience of care.

Responsibilities

The Senior Nurse has a day to day professional and operational responsibility for a defined area/speciality, supporting the Divisional Nurses and Service Manager to assure high quality, effective and efficient patient services.

Qualifications

Experience and knowledge in modernising community nursing services.

Demonstrated leadership and clinical expertise across paediatric community nursing.

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Benefits

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Additional Information

We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments or support needed. If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email. We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time; therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted via the email account you used to apply. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.