Job summary
Employer heading
Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist
Band 7
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.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
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
Job overview
The Paediatric Diabetes team in CTMUHB are looking to recruit a Band 7 Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist.. The Band 7 post holder will be part of the wider diabetes MDT.. They will be pivotal to ensuring that children diagnosed with diabetes receive care in line with current best practice and should demonstrate innovative ways of working. The ability to work with the existing teams and across the sites within CTMUHB is essential.
As a Band 7 PDNS you should demonstrate excellent leadership qualities and have experience of quality improvement. You will be both leading a service, leading patients and leading staff within your team. You will have the support of both the diabetes MDT based on site and the wider team across CTMUHB. You should role model the importance of team work.
Applicants will need to be able to work autonomously within the UHB and professional guidelines, referring to both the MDT and seniors as appropriate.
Previous experience as a PDNS is essential to this post.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
Working as an autonomous practitioner devise, implement and follow up specialist treatments across the disease spectrum for patients whilst ensuring family centred care is at the core of all interventions.
To be a skilled practitioner providing expert clinical care using an extensive theoretical knowledge base and practical experience to underpin the role, while acting as a role model for the delivery of expert care.
To deliver specialist educational programmes to a range of healthcare professionals in relation to the specific disease, including medical, nursing and Allied Health Professional staff.
To line manage staff in the specialist area including potential line management of staff from other disciplines as the need arises.
To drive quality improvement and advocate team work in line with service improvement and development.
To lead research and audit within given speciality internally and externally to the UHB.
The post holder must act in a manner consistent with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct carrying out their duties in accordance with Health Board policies and procedures; Common Assessment Framework (Every Child Matters 2004, National Service Framework for children and young people 2005).
The post holder will be expected to provide some cross site nursing team lead support as required.
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.
Detailed job description and main 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
Qualification and or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered RSCN / Child Branch
- Paediatric Diabetic Qualification
- Masters Degree in relevant advanced nursing practice or working at Masters Level
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and Assessing or equivalent teaching and qualification
- Management or Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous Specialist Paediatric Experience e.g Band 6 PDSN Experience
- Experience working with children/young people with Diabeties
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Reflective Practice
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Leanne Richards
- Job title
- Senior Nurse Paediatrics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752752
- Additional information
Extension Number 53968
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