Job Description

This is an exciting and rare opportunity for an experienced, compassionate nurse to lead a highly motivated and dynamic specialist palliative care nursing team in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB)



The Specialist Palliative Care Directorate in ABUHB is currently undergoing some exciting changes and developments, in partnership with our third sector providers. We are now looking for an experienced nurse to lead a well-established and innovative palliative care nursing team.



We would welcome a lead nurse who is visionary with a passion for palliative and end of life care who cares about making a difference to the quality of life for patients with life limiting illness and keeping patients at the heart of all you do.

The key elements of the role are:

To work in partnership with ABuHB staff, the specialist palliative care voluntary sector providers and national bodies to support the enhancement of the palliative care pathway and service redesign in line with the Specialist Palliative Care Clinical Futures Model



To improve standards of specialist palliative care by facilitating the development of practice and strengthening leadership to ensure that palliative care patients and carers have a quality experience



To Lead and develop the CNS team in palliative care in the development and implementation of a consistent and effective specialist service and to improve patient end of life choices



To be integral to Specialist Palliative care senior management team



To be accountable for leading and managing educational programmes in palliative care in response to identified nursing and AHP practice and service needs in collaboration with the ABUHB End of Life Care Board education work stream



To enhance communication between primary care, secondary care and the voluntary sector to promote a seamless service and improved patient experience.



This post is fixed term/secondment for 6 months due to secondment cover. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.



The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.



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. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.



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