Job summary
- Main area
- Child Health
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time, 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 040-NMR031-0125
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Risca Health Centre (Based but post is Health Board Wide)
- Town
- Risca
- Salary
- £54,550 - £61,412 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Nurse Children's Community Nursing Service
Band 8a
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
Due to the promotion of the current post holder, we require an experienced, knowledgeable, innovative and compassionate nursing leader to become the Senior Nurse of our Children's Community Nursing Service. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise of modernising services with the engagement of teams and service users to deliver the highest quality care to meet the population need across ABUHB, including:
- Acute or short term health needs, 'Care Closer To Home' and community clinical & clinic nursing teams
- Long term conditions which are met through a variety of Specialist Nursing teams provision, including Enteral Feeding & Gastroenterology, and Palliative Care
- Support for children with disabilities including Children's Continuing Care and Special School Nursing Teams
- Children with Life limiting conditions including those who are at end of life.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Nurse is a visible, authoritative and professional clinical leader with responsibility for the direction of nursing, implementation of the corporate nursing agenda, enhancement/modernisation of clinical practice and development of clinical staff to optimise the patient and family experience of care.
The Senior Nurse has a day to day professional and operational responsibility for a defined area/speciality, supporting the Divisional Nurse and Service Manager to assure high quality, effective and efficient patient services.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
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. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main 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.
As the Senior Nurse for Children's Community Nursing you will be joining the Family and Therapies Division. Services include Maternity, Neonates, Acute Paediatrics, Community Paediatrics, Children's Community Nursing, Health Visiting, School Nursing, CAMHS services and Therapies services. It is a very welcoming and friendly division, which takes pride in caring for its staff and patients
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board offers a wide and attractive range of services and benefits to all our employees, from Staff Recognition awards and Flexible Working Practices, to schemes like the LGBT Friends Scheme, promoting equality in the workplace.
Person specification
Qualificaitons & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration RSCN or RN (Child Branch)
- BSc Hons or equivalent degree appropriate to area of practice
- Masters degree
- Masters level module
- Evidence of further CPD
Desirable criteria
- CCN Specialist Practice Degree
- Teaching qualification
- Recognised Leadership and Management Course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven track record of effective leadership and management
- Experience in improvement of patient experience
- Experience in effective management of complex budgets
- Experience of modernising and developing/improving services
- Experience of auditing standards of care
- Experience of developing policies and protocols
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanna Doyle
- Job title
- Head of Nursing Family & Therapies
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 656289
- Additional information
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