Overnight Community Nurse

Job summary

The role is based out of County Hospital or YAB and the post holder will travel across ABUHB in the community to assess and treat patients in their own homes. The post holder will work alongside a HCSW and is overseen by a Team Manager.

Main duties of the job

Assess and deliver care to patients in the community under the direction of the team leader.

Maintain accurate record keeping and standards for documentation including IT systems

Ability to work across the 24hr community nursing service.

Have competence in a range of clinical skills needed for community nursing.

The OOH Community team are based from County Hospital and YAB.

The night shift team cover all of ABUHB incorporating all the boroughs within the health board. Day shifts will be linked to a specific team in a single borough.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

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 specialty 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 Wellbeing 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 to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.