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We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top-up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top-up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum. This temporary top-up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Facilities Team as a Clinical Assessor for Patient Equipment. The post holder will be a highly experienced registered Health Professional who will provide specialist advice and support to clinical colleagues in relation to patient equipment as part of the package of care for patients in their own homes and in hospital and nursing home settings.

The post holder will be responsible for assessing referrals for bed frames and pressure-relieving equipment to meet the complex needs of patients, some of whom have highly complex medical conditions, developing and maintaining specialist knowledge of the range of equipment available to manage the risk of pressure damage including patients with particular needs e.g. bariatric, adults of small stature/low body weight.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with key colleagues to develop the service to optimise efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness, and to develop and implement new initiatives to improve quality including the development of training materials to increase the knowledge of clinical colleagues in relation to the monitoring and/or use of patient equipment.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Patient Equipment service providing specialist advice to, and assessment of referrals from, clinical colleagues to support effective and good quality patient care.

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

Working for our organisation

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. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications And Knowledge
Essential criteria

• Registered Healthcare Professional with current professional registration
• Post-graduate qualification or specialist training, experience, short courses equivalent to post-graduate diploma
• Evidence of continued professional development
• In-depth knowledge and experience of risk management and clinical governance.
• In-depth knowledge of adult protection and other policies that affect vulnerable people
• Extensive knowledge of caring for patients at risk of developing pressure areas
• Understanding of local and national health agenda

Desirable criteria

• Qualification or experience in development and delivery of training
• Leading and managing change
• Demonstrable good standard of IT skills

Experience
Essential criteria

• Experience of working collaboratively across organisational boundaries
• Experience of communicating sensitive, complex and potentially distressing information appropriately to different audiences
• Ability to produce any written documentation to a high standard
• Experience in quality/audit systems
• Experience of working in a community-based clinical/care setting, or within a team which supports these functions

Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria

• Skilled at managing own caseload and working autonomously
• Ability to engage and work effectively and collaboratively with relevant agencies and multi-disciplinary professionals at all levels
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
• To be calm, professional and reassuring at all times when dealing with other agencies and the public
• Flexible approach

Other
Essential criteria

• Ability to travel efficiently for meetings and assessments and other purposes as required by the business

Desirable criteria

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards