Senior Nurse Children's Community Nursing Service
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 in 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.
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.
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)
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