Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
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.
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. 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.
Job description
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.
Job description
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- First level degree or equivalent level of experience and knowledge
- Masters qualification or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
- Palliative care qualification
- Evidence of CPD - portfolio of professional development activities
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Counselling qualification
- Leadership and management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant post registration experience
- Experience in palliative care
- Experience of working at a senior level in a complex organisation
- Experience of leading/managing a service
- Experience of working between primary and secondary care
- Experience and professional knowledge of financial management and staff management acquired through training and experience
- Experience of successful development and delivery of service improvement and/or successful management of organisational change
- Evidence of advanced communication skills training
Desirable
- Experience of audit & research
- Project or programme management experience
Values
Essential
- Enthusiastic, committed, proactive and innovative
- Politically astute and high levels of intuition
- Appetite for hard work and challenges
- Show resilience, stamina and reliability under sustained pressure, never losing sight of objectives
- High level of personal integrity
- Diplomatic
- Assertive, confident, yet approachable
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within the Health Board in a timely manner
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to lead & influence change
- IT literate
- Leadership & motivational skills
- Ability to work autonomously & as part of a team
- Willing to learn & adopt best practice
- Ability to analyse and appropriately present often complex service information to a range of groups
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
- Able to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen
- Demonstrable specialist knowledge in relation to policy and service developments and service strategies
- Able to interpret legislation and national guidance relating to professional practice and the delivery of nursing
- Sound judgement, decision making and organisational skills
- Self-motivated and committed to developing self and others
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- First level degree or equivalent level of experience and knowledge
- Masters qualification or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
- Palliative care qualification
- Evidence of CPD - portfolio of professional development activities
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Counselling qualification
- Leadership and management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant post registration experience
- Experience in palliative care
- Experience of working at a senior level in a complex organisation
- Experience of leading/managing a service
- Experience of working between primary and secondary care
- Experience and professional knowledge of financial management and staff management acquired through training and experience
- Experience of successful development and delivery of service improvement and/or successful management of organisational change
- Evidence of advanced communication skills training
Desirable
- Experience of audit & research
- Project or programme management experience
Values
Essential
- Enthusiastic, committed, proactive and innovative
- Politically astute and high levels of intuition
- Appetite for hard work and challenges
- Show resilience, stamina and reliability under sustained pressure, never losing sight of objectives
- High level of personal integrity
- Diplomatic
- Assertive, confident, yet approachable
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within the Health Board in a timely manner
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to lead & influence change
- IT literate
- Leadership & motivational skills
- Ability to work autonomously & as part of a team
- Willing to learn & adopt best practice
- Ability to analyse and appropriately present often complex service information to a range of groups
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a manner which is clear, fluent and persuasive
- Able to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills, displaying credibility, influence and political acumen
- Demonstrable specialist knowledge in relation to policy and service developments and service strategies
- Able to interpret legislation and national guidance relating to professional practice and the delivery of nursing
- Sound judgement, decision making and organisational skills
- Self-motivated and committed to developing self and others
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).
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).
