Job summary
The main duties of the posts are to assess and review care for individuals with complex health care needs within the community and care homes.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has a risen for a band 7 post within the CHC & Care Home Governance Team. The successful applicant will have experience across the areas of CHC, safeguarding and care home governance. The position will be aligned to a locality Senior Nurse, and work collaboratively and flexibly with other localities where there are increased work demands, as part of the wider developments to manage the workflows more equitably across these areas of work.
This post holder would be responsible for working jointly with health, social care and independent sector colleagues, and have a key role with monitoring the contracts with care homes and quality of patient safety and the safeguarding agenda; providing professional advice, support, guidance to professionals and families concerning all aspects of CHC.
Vital to this appointment are excellent communication and interpersonal skills, working collaboratively with team colleagues, managing priorities of a case load, having excellent analytical skills to interpret information, preparing reports of a high standard that are understood by the person/people who they are written for.
The role will be based at Cwmbran House, Mamhilad Park Estate, Pontypool but you will be required to travel to other parts of the Health Boards services, care homes and local authority or other service areas.
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 description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Educated to Master's Degree Level or demonstrable equivalent knowledge and experience
2. Evidence of CPD - portfolio of professional development activities.
Desirable
3. An appropriate postgraduate management and/or professional qualification.
Knowledge
Essential
4. Professional knowledge supplemented by speciality training and experience in complex care.
5. Regulation & Inspection Social Care Act (Wales).
6. Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy and Procedures.
Desirable
7. Knowledge and understanding of primary, secondary and continuing care services
8. Experience of chairing complex meetings with a multi-disciplinary/agency context
Experience
Essential
9. Experience of working in a professional capacity within an NHS setting
10. Safeguarding meetings and undertaking safeguarding investigations.
Desirable
11. Experience of Continuing NHS healthcare assessment process
12. Experience of working in community/primary care services experience of working with the voluntary and or independent sector.