Job summary
An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and dynamic Advanced Nurse Practitioner, to join our well-established community MDT within the @Home Service, based at Dewi Sant Health Park.
We welcome applications from those individuals in receipt of a Level 7 education ( MSc ) relevant to area of practice or equivalent experience. Also in receipt of an independent prescribing qualification.
The post holder will work closely with the team and provide effective leadership and management to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, well led, responsive, quality patient care.
Alongside this they will need to be able to demonstrate the ability tocontribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures within their sphere of responsibility and where appropriate, will actively initiate and partake in training and education programmes, research, clinical audit and service evaluation,demonstrating their ability to practice autonomously across all four pillars of advanced practice.
You should be passionate about improving the patient experience and quality of clinical outcomes and possess good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the holistic assessment of care needs and development implementation and evaluation of evidence based programmes of care. The role will specifically focus on expert clinical practice, education skills.
As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, the post holder will be expected to exercise a high degree of professional autonomy in relation to patients nursing needs and to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role.
The post holder will assist the Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the clinical assessment of patients who have a complex and undetermined presentation working alongside medical and GP colleagues to maintain patients in a community setting and avoid hospital admissions and facilitate discharges.
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will be expected to work with Health and Social Care colleagues in a number of key areas which include reablement, avoidance of hospital admission and facilitation of early discharge.
The post holder will be expected to have a full understanding of the relevant care pathways and be able to work with Health and Social Care staff on work streams arising out of the transition of services currently being evolved.
The post holder will be expected to act on their own initiative to differentiate appropriately between those issues which need to be referred to others for a decision from the issues upon which the post holder can exercise appropriate decision making.
To maintain the NMC Code of Conduct.
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
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.
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 and selecting 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
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 and selecting 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- MSc Advanced Practice - Level 7
- Independent prescribing
- Extensive experience of working as ANP band 7
- Holds a live Advanced Pracititoner portfolio of evidence
- Confident and competent in a wide range of advanced clinical skills
- Experienced in chronic disease management
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Experience of developing and leading on programme of education
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills, ability to implement change in response to local/national developments/ research
- Analytical and judgemental skills enhancing the decision making process to resolve complex issues /situations
- Able to work in a multidisciplinary/multi-agency arena & work independantly
- Ability to deliver complex/unpleasant sensitive information
- Experience of service development
- Experienced in chronic disease management
Desirable
- Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- MSc Advanced Practice - Level 7
- Independent prescribing
- Extensive experience of working as ANP band 7
- Holds a live Advanced Pracititoner portfolio of evidence
- Confident and competent in a wide range of advanced clinical skills
- Experienced in chronic disease management
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Experience of developing and leading on programme of education
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills, ability to implement change in response to local/national developments/ research
- Analytical and judgemental skills enhancing the decision making process to resolve complex issues /situations
- Able to work in a multidisciplinary/multi-agency arena & work independantly
- Ability to deliver complex/unpleasant sensitive information
- Experience of service development
- Experienced in chronic disease management
Desirable
- Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above
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).
