Job summary
- Main area
- Health Protection Service
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - This post may include work at weekends and Bank Holidays
- Job ref
- 110-NMR313-0724
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- To be confirmed
- Town
- To be confirmed
- Salary
- £35,922 - £43,257 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Clinical Team Leader - Vaccs & Imms/Health Protection
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.
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
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We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity for registered nurses to join us in our new community based Health Protection Service. As a Deputy Clinical Team Manager working primarily in a vaccination, immunisation and testing role you will also enjoy the benefits of gaining experience in our developing wider health protection model. These posts will be of keen interest to highly motivated nurses wishing to develop their knowledge, skills and experience in leading and managing nursing teams. Applicants will also need to demonstrate a positive commitment and enthusiasm to developing excellence in population health protection. Successful applicants will assist the Clinical Team Manager in directly leading a team of nurses working flexibly across the Health Board footprint. You'll be committed to providing the highest standard of vaccination, immunisation & testing services across all age groups. This will be for both our general public and also our staff who live and work in Cwm Taff Morgannwg University Health Board. Vaccination saves lives and we therefore aim that all vulnerable settings are supported with sound nursing guidance on prevention and management of disease outbreaks as well as testing and tracing processes when required. This will be for all critical settings across health and social care, HMP Parc and other environments within CTMUHB including outreach activity in patients own homes involving lone working when needed.
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Main duties of the job
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In support of the Clinical Team Manager the post holder will significantly contribute to reducing identified inequalities in population health protection between our most, and least, deprived groups and communities. Successful applicants will act as skilled site clinical leads for agreed immunisation and testing programmes. This will require post holders to carry out a broad spectrum of general and operational duties to ensure the smooth and effective running of services. On a day-to-day basis the Deputy Clinical Team Manager will support the core nursing team undertaking a range of line management duties. In addition, successful applicants will routinely deputise for the Clinical Team Manager undertaking any delegated responsibilities including progressing programmes of clinical work as required. 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates will demonstrate a positive attitude in working towards and providing, a quality patient-centred service underpinned by a sound culture of clinical governance. Post holders will at times be expected to work autonomously with the minimum of supervision and be able co-ordinate their own activities and that of the clinical team in order to ensure that an efficient service is provided.
Working in a highly flexible way in order to respond to changing clinical priorities, there may also be a requirement to work weekends and Bank Holidays in order to deliver a 7 day service when needed.
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
Essential
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
Essential
Essential criteria
- Degree or relevant skills, knowledge, experience
- Substantial experience as an immuniser
- Evidence of working under minimum supervision
- Understanding of vaccination targets
- Enhanced DBS
Desirable criteria
- Able to speak Welsh
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Williams
- Job title
- Senior Nurse - Vaccs & Imms/Health Protection
- Email address
- [email protected]
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