District Nurse Caseload Holder

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Base: EAST Integrated Community Network Team, Bridgend.

An excellent opportunity is offered for an experienced Community Nurse to apply for the post of Band 6 District Nurse Caseload holder post.

The successful applicant will hold responsibility for the care and management of a defined clinical caseload of patients within a very busy District Nursing Team within an Integrated Community Network Team.

There are multiple demands in this exciting role due to the challenging nature of providing care for patients outside of the hospital environment.

The post holder will however find themselves well supported by an inter-disciplinary team, which includes: social work; occupational therapy; physiotherapy; speech and language therapy; dietetics and pharmacy.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing support to the Team Leader in the day to day management of multidisciplinary/multi-agency packages of scheduled and unscheduled care for patients with multiple, complex and palliative care needs.

Assisting the Team Leader in the requirements of the nursing team by utilising effective management and leadership skills.

Responsible for the delegation of clinical nursing activities to appropriately skilled team members, ensuring that an efficient and effective service is delivered to the practice population.

Responsible for prioritising delegated home visits according to the patients' clinical need and geographical location.

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 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

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

Skills

• Analytical and judgemental skills to enhance the decision making process to resolve complex issues/situations
• Experience of working within health and social service systems
• Leadership skills, ability to implement change in response to local/national developments/research

Qualifications / Knowledge

• Has or is working towards DN SPQ
• Able to effectively use the Civica scheduling tool
• Illustrates a sound knowledge of effective caseload management
• Understand role in supporting Band 7
• Is committed to own and teams CPD
• Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures
• Understanding of the DN interim principles and how these relate to practice
• Full range of pertinent clinical skills
• Ability to recognise and act accordingly when risk is identified.
• Understand the role of the MDT and make pertinent referrals.

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.