Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Maxillofacial

Job summary

An Exciting opportunity has arisen in Royal Gwent Hospital & Grange University Hospital for a Maxillofacial Advanced Nurse Practitioner. We are looking for a highly skilled, adaptable, organised, tenacious individual who wants to make a difference - could this be you?

Are you a person willing to drive change, who is adaptable to the needs of the service and enjoys working with teams in a fast paced, acute environment, delivering high quality care?

If you hold an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or are working towards and have relevant post registration experience - we encourage you to apply.

For those successful candidates who are appointed who are currently working towards the Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice or willing to undertake this qualification, you will be appointed as a trainee (Aspiring ANP) under Annex 21 during the training period, Once this qualification is attained you will move onto the Band 7 pay scale. For those with an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice you will be appointed on a Band 7.

This post will involve working within the Maxillofacial department including both the Royal Gwent Hospital and The Grange University Hospital

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

• Use advanced knowledge and skills to assess patients, and by using complex reasoning, critical thinking and analysis, make clinical judgements and decisions.
• In the outpatient setting this involves having a patient caseload, full assessment and clinical examination, ordering appropriate investigations depending on clinical findings as per protocols, interpreting results, arrive at differential diagnoses and planning patient care, currently liaising with Consultant.
• The post involves working across Maxillofacial pathways ensuring timely intervention and high quality patients care

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

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 Well being Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.