An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced staff nurse with some palliative care experience to join our CNS team in Y Bwthyn Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The successful candidate will have a full induction and an opportunity to work as a team with support and gain skills and knowledge on specialist palliative care.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will be able to support the CNS to assess and treat palliative patients in their own homes and offer advice and support. Liaising with District Nursing the candidate will be able to offer support and guidance to patients, families and carers.
This is an opportunity to gain experience and skills as part of career development.
This post is a permanent 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
Support BAND 7 with the assessment and treatment of patients with palliative care needs
Support and offer guidance to patients, families and carers, professionals in relation to managing symptoms and general care.
Work as a team player and support the CNS caseload visits
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
Experience
Essential
* sufficient experience
Desirable
* teamwork - demonstrates effective teamwork
skills
Essential
* achieved required skills
Desirable
* teaching qualification
communication
Essential
* demonstrates effective communication
Desirable
* experience on IT systems and databases
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Y Bwthyn Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Ynysmaerdy
Pontyclun
CF72 8XR
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