Main area: Acute clinical deterioration
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Secondment: 12 months
Hours: 37 hours per week (Full time over days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. Rotational to UHL and UHW)
Job ref: 001-NMR435-1024
Employer: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: University Hospital of Wales
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £46,840 - £53,602 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/11/2024 23:59
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives.
We are a values-driven organisation, and our goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Our values are:
* We are kind and caring
* We are respectful
* We have trust and integrity
* We take personal responsibility
As an organisation, we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
Job overview
A unique and exciting opportunity is available for a patient-focused, motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join the Patient at Risk Team working across Cardiff and Vale UHB.
Do you aspire to make a real positive contribution to patient safety and experience? Are you a registered nurse, with experience in the assessment, planning and management of the deteriorating patient with excellent communication, teaching and clinical skills?
Secondment Full time positions available to cover Maternity leave.
Main duties of the job
The Patient at Risk Team (P@RT) practitioner is required to work alongside the Multi-disciplinary team, closely with nursing staff, primary teams and the P@RT medical team to provide comprehensive care to all of the needs of a deteriorating ward patient.
The P@RT practitioner will be instrumental in ensuring the delivery of high-quality training to all ward staff, MDT staff, undergraduates and postgraduates around the recognition and management of acutely ill ward patients.
We are looking for innovative, forward-thinking nurses who will be proactive in conjunction with other P@RT practitioners developing this role further in response to challenging healthcare needs and advances in practice.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer.
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.
Person specification
Teaching
* Evidence of education provision
Clinical skill
* Able to perform ABCDE clinical assessment
* Evidence of advanced communication skills
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment-related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name: Jane Morris
Job title: Senior Nurse
Email address: jane.morris2@wales.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02920746980
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