Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Nurse to work within our highly skilled integrated multidisciplinary team in the Early Intervention Prevention Hub (EIPH).
The role of the Assessment Nurse in the EIPH is to gather extra information either by telephone contact or visiting a persons home, to identify clinical nursing or therapeutic needs in order to pass the person to the most appropriate care pathway.
The Assessment Nurse will work as part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary EIPH team, working together to manage a cohort of referred people, all in need of various services.The Assessment Nurse will liaise and coordinate with colleagues across services to ensure the person receives the correct support.
The Assessment Nurse will have strong links with the Acute Clinical Team andhave the opportunity to work within this team, assessing patients, implement and evaluation to provide nursing support.
Our patients and staff are at the heart of what we do. As the successful candidate you will be instrumental in delivering a high standard of nursing care, interventions and assessments to our patients living in the community.
The successful candidate must be able to work autonomously as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills.
We are committed to continuous professional development for all team members.
Main duties of the job
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Provide effective listening & communication in the management of situations where there may be barriers to understanding. This may include sensory, communication difficulties, confused people, or where the atmosphere is highly emotive and potentially distressing.
Demonstrate excellent communication and negotiation skills in situations which may be highly sensitive and emotive. All communication will be underpinned by the principles of data protection, dignity and confidentiality.
Exercise leadership and develop collaborative relationships with multi-disciplinary team colleagues.
Ensure appropriate supervision and support of junior members of the EIPH team.
Exercise autonomy in clinical decisions, assessing patients' needs.
Ensure autonomy in managing own workload.
Actively function as a member of the nursing and wider multi-disciplinary team.
Ensure the security of patient records and equipment.
Ensure care planning is undertaken collaboration with the person and where appropriate with family/advocate.
Assist in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised and achievable programmes of care.
Assist with nursing and clinical duties
Advise, encourage and motivate patient's and their families to develop strategies to manage their own health.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details on this exciting Band 6 Assessment Nurse Post in our Early Intervention and Prevention Hub.
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
For full details on this exciting Band 6 Assessment Nurse Post in our Early Intervention and Prevention Hub.
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 Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult) with current registration
- Evidence of Post Registration Study
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable
- Knowledge of Primary and community Health care.
- Understanding of complex social and health need and how to assist in resolving them.
Experience
Essential
- experience as a Registered Nurse. E
- Experience of inter-agency and multidisciplinary team working.
- xperience in making professional/clinical judgements and care need evaluations.
Desirable
- Community experience.
- Experience of providing specialist advice to colleagues and partner organisations.
- Experience of completing in-depth and holistic assessments of complex health and wellbeing needs.
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Experience of leading and implementing change, clinical leadership and audit process.
Ski
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate clinical knowledge base and experience and adapt them to different clinical settings.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Team working skills
Desirable
- Ability to collect and analyse data (i.e. activities such as audit) and apply findings to practice and service improvement
- Speak Welsh
- Willingness to provide formal and ad-hoc training and education to colleagues and partner organisations.
Other Role Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel throughout UHB locality in a timely manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Adult) with current registration
- Evidence of Post Registration Study
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable
- Knowledge of Primary and community Health care.
- Understanding of complex social and health need and how to assist in resolving them.
Experience
Essential
- experience as a Registered Nurse. E
- Experience of inter-agency and multidisciplinary team working.
- xperience in making professional/clinical judgements and care need evaluations.
Desirable
- Community experience.
- Experience of providing specialist advice to colleagues and partner organisations.
- Experience of completing in-depth and holistic assessments of complex health and wellbeing needs.
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Experience of leading and implementing change, clinical leadership and audit process.
Ski
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate clinical knowledge base and experience and adapt them to different clinical settings.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Team working skills
Desirable
- Ability to collect and analyse data (i.e. activities such as audit) and apply findings to practice and service improvement
- Speak Welsh
- Willingness to provide formal and ad-hoc training and education to colleagues and partner organisations.
Other Role Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel throughout UHB locality in a timely manner.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Community Resource Team
Trem Y Mor, Bettws Road, Bettws,
Bridgend
CF32 8UN
Employer's website
https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
