Primary Care Nurse for Chronic Conditions

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and passionate Primary Care Nurse to join the Bridgend East Cluster.
The East Cluster includes five GP surgeries, covering a population of approximately 83,689 patients and works collaboratively alongside other Primary Care Contractors such as community pharmacies, Dental and Optometry colleagues, District Nurses, the Third Sector, other Allied health care Professionals and the Local Authority to support the health of our population. The cluster is fully committed to meeting the health needs of the population it serves and by working collaboratively with a 'multi-disciplinary team' approach allows us to achieve our goals.
The Primary Care Nurse will work within the cluster multi-disciplinary team, providing a domiciliary service for the co-ordination, management and monitoring of the care of the housebound patients with long-term chronic illnesses (heart disease, COPD and diabetes).
The emphasis of this role will be on service quality, through the optimisation of care where multi-morbidity exists, with the aim of maximising wellbeing, self-empowerment, quality of life and mobility.
If you are dynamic, organised, work well within the multidisciplinary team and have an interest in developing a career in Primary Care, would like to hear from you. An induction programme and development/training opportunities will be offered., The range of assigned tasks will be carried out with the highest standard to support and enable qualified staff to provide patient care, which reflects the quality of standards and mission of the HB. The post holder will be required to carry out a range of assigned tasks involving direct and indirect care for the benefit of the patient/client in accordance with agreed protocols. The range of responsibilities will involve rotation as appropriate to the needs of the service and will include the provision of clinical sessions across a number of chronic conditions including all the patients within care homes. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all policies and procedures are observed, and meet the HB requirements contained in the Health and Safety Policy. Will also be expected to assist in development of policies relevant to speciality.
The post holder has the freedom to act within established parameters, work is managed rather than supervised. The post holder is required to act independently within HB and professional guidelines, referring to supervisory management as appropriate.
This post is fixed term for 24 months due to meet the needs of the service.

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

Working for our organisation
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.

Band 6
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales's capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
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All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed