Community Children's Nurse

Overview

The Post Holder will provide nursing care, working in partnership to provide a high quality sustainable service for children and their carers within the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Community.

• To provide advice within the Community setting, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team.
• To work as part of the children's community nursing team (CCNT) in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the holistic nursing and health care needs of children and young people with a range of conditions from acute illness to complex, life limiting/life threatening.
• This nursing care and support is provided in a flexible manner to be responsive to the needs of the child and family, with a plan to provide a 7 day a week, 24 hour service covering the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Community.
• To implement the Children and Young People's continuing care framework, maximising accessibility of community based services and minimising the necessity for hospital admissions, by ensuring liaison and co-ordination of services to support young people's individual needs and choices.
• To work as a member of the children's community nursing team (CCNT), to deliver responsive and flexible community based nursing care and support to children and young people with health care needs in a diverse range of settings.
• To develop skills to function as an autonomous and competent practitioner in the assessment and delivery of high standards of care and treatment, acting as a key worker for families, reporting to the Team Leader.
• To work in collaboration and partnership with other agencies who deliver services to children and young people in care facilities and educational settings, working within agreed protocols.
• To provide advice and education of a high quality which is child and family centred, and is based on assessed need which promotes social inclusion.

Welsh Skills Desirable:
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.

Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government's Work in the UK guidance. For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form.

Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles.

All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification.

We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer.

Located in the heart of South Wales, we're central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.

At CTM, you'll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we're creating a space where everyone can thrive.

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 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.