An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and passionate Primary Care Nurse to join the Bridgend East Cluster. The Cluster includes five GP surgeries, covering a population of approximately 83,689 patients and works collaboratively alongside other Primary Care Contractors, Healthcare professionals, Third Sector, and the Local Authority.

The Primary Care Nurse will work within the cluster multi-disciplinary team, providing a domiciliary service for the co-ordination, management and monitoring of the care of the housebound patients with long-term chronic illnesses (heart disease, COPD and diabetes).

The emphasis of this role will be on service quality, through the optimisation of care where multi-morbidity exists, with the aim of maximising wellbeing, self-empowerment, quality of life and mobility. Although this role aims to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, its primary focus will be to improve the quality of care for this group of patients by providing a structured programme of monitoring.

If you are dynamic, organised, work well within the multidisciplinary team and have an interest in developing a career in Primary Care, would like to hear from you. An induction programme and development/training opportunities will be offered.

Main duties of the job

The range of assigned tasks will be carried out with the highest standard to support and enable qualified staff to provide patient care, which reflects the quality of standards and values and behaviours of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).The post holder will be required to carry out a range of assigned tasks involving direct and indirect care for the benefit of the patient/client in accordance with agreed protocols. The range of responsibilities will involve rotation as appropriate to the needs of the service, and will include the provision of clinical sessions across a number of chronic conditions including cluster or UHB projects.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all policies and procedures are observed, and meet CTMUHB requirements contained in the Health and Safety Policy. Will also be expected to assist in development of policies relevant to specialty.

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

This post is fixed term/secondment for 24 months due to - meet the needs of the service

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

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

• Provide expert generalist care within the primary care setting, namely Public Health Nursing and First Contact nursing across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Community.
• Provide specialist care for chronic disease management working autonomously in primary care premises and patients homes to co-ordinate the care needs of patients.
• Support the Cluster Manager in developing the Cluster Pilot across the East Cluster Network
• Delegate duties to new/less experienced staff, as appropriate e.g. junior registered nurses, health care support workers, student nurses.
• May be required to work within other areas of the Specialist Nursing Services e.g. Home Oxygen Service.
• Be expected to support staff within their sphere of responsibility, including new/less experienced registered nurses, student nurses and health care support workers and contribute to the Continuing Professional Development of Practice Nursing and other Primary Care staff.

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

Education/ Qualifications /Training

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Post registration qualification/training to Postgraduate Diploma level within the field of chronic conditions management.
• Evidence of relevant continuous professional development.
• Venepuncture

Desirable

• Chronic conditions Diploma or equivalent
• Mentorship
• Specialist Practitioner Qualification in Practice Nursing.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post registration experience within Primary Care encompassing all aspects of practice nursing i.e. chronic conditions management, public health nursing and first contact nursing.
• Organizational, interpersonal and operational experience needed for post i.e. management of resources and the assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care.
• Proven record of Implementing innovation and change in clinical practice.
• Audit and/or research experience.

Desirable

• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Glanrhyd Hospital

Tondu Road

Bridgend

CF31 4LN

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