Job Description

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 6 MONTHS DUE TO SERVICE NEEDS



An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our specialist palliative care team. We have a 6 month secondment (covering long term sickness) post at 30 hours. The role is a Band 6 clinical nurse based in Y Bwthyn Princess of Wales Specialist Palliative Care unit. The position provides an outreach service to patients with palliative care needs across the hospital and community setting . The service provides support for the population of Bridgend, surrounding Valleys to the West to Porthcawl and patients who attend the hospital.



This post is a fixed term/secondment for 6 months due to service need. If you are interested in applying for it as a secondment, please obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying.



The position involves directly supporting and advising patients with palliative care needs in a hospital and community setting, predominately as part of a MDT team. The core hours are Monday to Friday 9-5pm but depending on existing experience or knowledge gained during the undertaking of the role participation in a 7 day roster with the same working hours which will require giving advice to other health care professionals, patients and families, potentially visiting patients in the hospital and community setting at weekends.



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.



The successful applicant would be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with specialist palliative care needs in collaboration with the wider MDT, participating in an education, audit and providing leadership regarding the specialty.



You will need to be enthusiastic about the specialty, demonstrate experience of caring for patients with palliative care needs and be able to meet the travel requirements.



The Specialist Palliative Care Team in CTMUHB is a multi-professional team providing a clinical, advisory and educational service across CTMUHB. The team are situated in locality bases which each have a SPC inpatient unit and house services that provide outreach services to both community and hospital patients. An appreciation that on occasions, dependent on patient need there may be a need for post holder flexibility in providing support to cover the CNS role across other sites.