Job summary As a Senior Nurse for our Community Hospital, you will provide professional leadership for the nursing teams within this area. You should possess significant relevant clinical experience at Band 7 or above and demonstrate a good understanding of Community Hospitals. You will need to demonstrate strong clinical and professional leadership within the Primary Care & Communities Care Group, being a visible and supportive role model. In order to be effective in the role you will need todemonstrate an excellent understanding of patient flow, management process, Putting Things Right and Safeguarding. You must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and have the abilityto work with autonomy to provide highly specialised professional advice to colleagues to ensure high standards of direct care delivery. This includes interpreting and implementing national policy and supporting systems for professional revalidation and performance management of ward managers that are accountable for quality, safe care As a key member of the Senior Nursing team, you will work closely with the Lead Nurse and Head of Nursing to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe and cost-effective patient-centered care. To succeed in this role, you will need to inspire and motivate through good communication skills. You must be willing to embrace a broad range of new challenges, possess the knowledge, and drive to create and deliver the best pathway for our patients. Main duties of the job The post holder will: Be responsible for the professional leadership, management, and governance of Community hospitals within Cwm Taf Morgannwg Provide leadership, direction and development of registered Nursing and allied healthcare professional staff, to include professional support for the discharge Liason Team. Support the Senior Nursing Team and Service Manager to ensure the highest standard of nursing care is provided, monitored, and evaluated within the areas of responsibility. Be required to interpret national and health board policies and procedures and advice on the implantation of these for their area of responsibility. Support processes and audits to monitor the quality of care, clinical practices, incidents/claims, and professional registration. Be responsible for undertaking investigations of clinical incidents, complaints and professional issues following University Health Board Policy and acting upon findings/recommendations. Be part of a Senior Manager/Midwifery on-call rota, and will be expected to be part of an on-call roster, covering an identified shift in line with the current agreed on-call process. Responsible for ensuring that their teams continually deliver improvements to patient services aligned to the principles of Values Based Healthcare. Ensuring a culture of continuous improvement is embedded throughout their area with improvement plans in place. 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. Date posted 14 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £54,550 to £61,412 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 110-NMR071-0225 Job locations Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Partridge Road Llwynypia CF40 1LX 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 The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. 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 The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Current NMC registration Master's Level or possess skills, knowledge and/or training and experience to its equivalency Experience Essential Substantial post-registration experience including clinical leadership, and team management and have a reputation for professional innovation and excellence Desirable Experience working within health and social service systems, both at local and strategic levels Person Specification Qualifications Essential Current NMC registration Master's Level or possess skills, knowledge and/or training and experience to its equivalency Experience Essential Substantial post-registration experience including clinical leadership, and team management and have a reputation for professional innovation and excellence Desirable Experience working within health and social service systems, both at local and strategic levels 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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). Employer details Employer name Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Address Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Partridge Road Llwynypia CF40 1LX Employer's website https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)