Job summary
Cardiff and Vale Health inclusion service (CAVHIS) is undergoing a large-scale expansion. The CAVHIS team aims to provide bespoke primary care to various health inclusion groups. The CAVHIS focus is on delivering holistic preventative care, limited primary care, bespoke health assessment, public health screening across community setting's and sites and outreach clinics, the in-reach service and our CRI hub.
Reporting to the Band 7 Team lead of CAVHIS the Paediatric- Health Inclusion Nurse Practitioner (HINP) will work across the CAVHIS service, as part of the expanding nursing team. Providing primary health care to improve the health outcomes of the most socially excluded patient groups in the Cardiff & Vale area. The HINP will take a positive, innovative and solution focused approach to providing timely care for people experiencing poor health outcomes who present with varying health complexities. As part of the CAVHIS nursing team, the HINP will need the ability to engage in transitional change and service improvement working closely with general medical colleagues, nurses from other specialities and tertiary agencies, to encompass the best achievable health outcomes. CAVHIS is currently implementing phase 1 of its developments and there is an opportunity for the right candidate to be a part of this exciting development in service.
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
About us
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. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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As a paediatric Nurse Practitioner, the candidate is pivotal in the delivery of this care to families and individuals who present in the CAVHIS.
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The nurse will offer excellentholistic, person centred and trauma informed care. The paediatric HINP will develop and deliver intervention and act as an expert source of specialist advice to foster a culture of change towards health inequalities and injustices and advocate for accessible health care.
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The HINP will be dedicated, motivated, compassionate, adaptable and highly clinically skilled, they will have the professional confidence to work in an unpredictable and fast paced environment, they will have the ability to formulate high level holistic assessments considering all presenting concerns, create an excellent standard of risk assessment and identify any safeguarding concerns, referring to onwards general medical services when appropriate.Use a thorough and structured approach to gather and document clinical history considering physiological, psychological, social and spiritual needs and any presenting safeguarding concerns including public health screening
Job description
Job responsibilities
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As a paediatric Nurse Practitioner, the candidate is pivotal in the delivery of this care to families and individuals who present in the CAVHIS.
-
The nurse will offer excellentholistic, person centred and trauma informed care. The paediatric HINP will develop and deliver intervention and act as an expert source of specialist advice to foster a culture of change towards health inequalities and injustices and advocate for accessible health care.
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The HINP will be dedicated, motivated, compassionate, adaptable and highly clinically skilled, they will have the professional confidence to work in an unpredictable and fast paced environment, they will have the ability to formulate high level holistic assessments considering all presenting concerns, create an excellent standard of risk assessment and identify any safeguarding concerns, referring to onwards general medical services when appropriate.Use a thorough and structured approach to gather and document clinical history considering physiological, psychological, social and spiritual needs and any presenting safeguarding concerns including public health screening
Person Specification
English
Essential
- First level nurse
- Experience of working as a B5 or B6 nurse
- Experience of working within a timely manner to reduce patient wait time and service impact
- Degree educated
- Evidence of specific knowledge and skills fitting with patient population
- Evidence of CPD
- Inclusion and non judgemental attitude - demonstrated
- Ability to complete holistic assessments and risk assessments
- Experience of following safeguarding policy
- Experience of working with people who have experienced trauma
Desirable
- Minor Illness and Clinical Assessment Qualifications
- Experience of working with people who are socially excluded and have poor health outcomes/experienced health injustices
- Experience of delivering public health screening/immunisations
- Demonstrable service flexibility
- Knowledge and understanding of cultural and safeguarding issues including FGM, exploitation and trafficking
- Understand the correlation between poor physical/mental health and addiction, identify difficulties, promote good health and harm reduction, signpost to specialist agencies for further support
English
Essential
- Degree in nursing speciality
Desirable
Person Specification
English
Essential
- First level nurse
- Experience of working as a B5 or B6 nurse
- Experience of working within a timely manner to reduce patient wait time and service impact
- Degree educated
- Evidence of specific knowledge and skills fitting with patient population
- Evidence of CPD
- Inclusion and non judgemental attitude - demonstrated
- Ability to complete holistic assessments and risk assessments
- Experience of following safeguarding policy
- Experience of working with people who have experienced trauma
Desirable
- Minor Illness and Clinical Assessment Qualifications
- Experience of working with people who are socially excluded and have poor health outcomes/experienced health injustices
- Experience of delivering public health screening/immunisations
- Demonstrable service flexibility
- Knowledge and understanding of cultural and safeguarding issues including FGM, exploitation and trafficking
- Understand the correlation between poor physical/mental health and addiction, identify difficulties, promote good health and harm reduction, signpost to specialist agencies for further support
English
Essential
- Degree in nursing speciality
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
