Job overview

Ceredigion Community Nursing services are offering the opportunity for a Band 7 Practice and Professional Development Nurse to come and join our Community Nursing Team in Ceredigion, supporting the professional and educational development of community staff.

 With a remit covering a variety of community services including community hospitals and community nursing services, this role will suit an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and adaptable professional who is passionate about the clinical and professional education of other nurses. This role offers the opportunity to work flexibly, with a mix of on site and home working.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Corporate Professional and Practice Development teams and the Head of Community Nursing in Ceredigion, the role will be fundamental to providing assurance of standards and ensuring that continuing personal, professional and practice development is an integral part of the community-nursing ethos.

The post-holder will have a key role in the clinical and professional development of staff, whilst providing opportunities to support and facilitate best clinical practice across a range of community services. You will be expected to use highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in order to develop support and motivate individuals and groups within the learning environment. An ability to develop and maintain excellent inter-professional partnership working with a range of stakeholders both internally and externally is essential for this post.

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

Interviews to be held on 11/10/2022.

This is a permanent part time vacancy (30 hours a week). 

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

  • Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
  • Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
  • 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
  • Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
  • Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

    • Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

    The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

    The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

    Person specification

    Qualifications and Knowledge

    Essential criteria

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Recent Teaching/Mentoring qualification
  • Post registration degree in specialist area / evidence of post registration study at degree level
  • Evidence of Masters level learning or willingness to undertake with equivalent experience
  • Extensive knowledge of NMC Code of Practice/Guidance

    • Desirable criteria

  • PGCE qualification
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Area of in-depth knowledge / experience
  • Registration as Teacher or Associate Teacher

    • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Extensive post-registration experience including experience in a management / leadership role
  • Evidence of previous contributions towards developing clinical practice
  • Experience of facilitating reflective practice
  • Experience of teaching and delivering educational programmes using variety of methods and situations
  • Evidence of broad spectrum of nursing experience

    • Desirable criteria

  • Experience of Research & Audit

    • Language Skills

    Desirable criteria

  • Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

    • Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

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    These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)

    If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).

    To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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