Job summary
An opportunity has arisen to join our Palliative care clinical nurse service. A 22.5 hour post has become available as a result of a member of the team leaving for a newly created post.
The Band 7 CNS role is located at Y Bwthyn our palliative care unit within the grounds of the Princess of Wales Hospital. The position provides an outreach service to patients with palliative care needs across the community. While working as part of the 7 day roster the service provides support to both the hospital and community area. The team provides support for the population of Bridgend Borough Council including the Ogmore, Garw and Llynfi valleys and the Princess of Wales Hospital.
The specialist palliative care service is delivered within MDT teams on multiple sites across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. An appreciation that on occasions, dependent on patient need there may be a need for post holder flexibility in providing support to cover the CNS role across other sites.
Main duties of the job
The position involves directly supporting and advising patients with palliative care needs in a hospital and community setting.
Multidisciplinary team working to lead education and to provide support and guidance to colleagues about the specialty is key. The core hours are Monday to Friday 9-5pm but with participation in a 7 day roster with the same working hours. The role will require giving advice to other health care professionals, patients and families, potentially visiting patients in the hospital and community setting at weekends.
The successful applicant would be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with specialist palliative care needs in collaboration with the wider MDT, participating in an education, audit and providing leadership regarding the specialty.
You will need to be enthusiastic about the specialty, demonstrate experience of caring for patients with palliative care needs and be able to meet the travel requirements.
The Specialist Palliative Care Team in CTMUHB is a multi-professional team providing a clinical, advisory and educational service across CTMUHB. The team are situated in locality bases which each have a SPC inpatient unit and house services that provide outreach services to both community and hospital patients.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isnt 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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isnt 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.
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
Qualifications
Essential
- UK NMC Registered Nurse
- Qualification in palliative care at Degree/Diploma or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience, supplemented by specialist training, experience, short courses to Master's Level equivalent
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Welsh Skills Desirable (Level 3/B2 or above)
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Proven ability of practice development and innovation
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience, with experience of caring for patients with palliative care needs
Desirable
- Bereavement Care; Audit; Community nursing
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK NMC Registered Nurse
- Qualification in palliative care at Degree/Diploma or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience, supplemented by specialist training, experience, short courses to Master's Level equivalent
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Welsh Skills Desirable (Level 3/B2 or above)
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Proven ability of practice development and innovation
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience, with experience of caring for patients with palliative care needs
Desirable
- Bereavement Care; Audit; Community nursing
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
