Senior Nurse Children's Community Nursing Service

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Risca; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Senior Nurse for its Children's Community Nursing Service. This role requires an experienced and compassionate nursing leader to manage clinical services, enhance patient care, and support teams across various specialties. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and relevant qualifications. The position offers flexible working and a supportive environment for staff development. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable, but all applicants are welcome.

Benefits

Fantastic benefits package

Extensive training and development opportunities

Flexible working practices

Occupational health support

Qualifications

• Proven track record of effective leadership and management.
• Experience in auditing standards of care.
• Expertise in modernising and developing services.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for direction and implementation of corporate nursing agenda.
• Support the Divisional Nurses and Service Manager to assure high-quality services.
• Engage teams and service users to improve patient experience.

Skills

Leadership

Compassionate care

Ability to speak Welsh

Clinical knowledge

Education

NMC Registration RSCN or RN (Child Branch)

BSc Hons or equivalent degree

Teaching qualification

CCN Specialist Practice Degree

Recognised Leadership and Management Course

Evidence of further CPD

Job description

Senior Nurse Children's Community Nursing Service

We are looking for 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 Nurses 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.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.

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. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

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

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.

For further details or to arrange an informal visit please contact: Joanna Doyle (Head of Nursing, Family & Therapies Division, ABUHB)[e-mail]

Person Specification

• NMC Registration RSCN or RN (Child Branch)
• BSc Hons or equivalent degree appropriate to area of practice
• Evidence of further CPD
• CCN Specialist Practice Degree
• Teaching qualification
• Recognised Leadership and Management Course

Experience

• 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

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.

Risca Health Centre (Based but post is Health Board Wide)

Risca Health Centre (Based but post is Health Board Wide)