Community Children’s Nurse within Special Schools

Job overview

Are you an experienced childrens nurse or have experience, knowledge and skills of working with children with additional or complex health needs. If so we have an exciting opportunity in our Community Childrens Nursing Team.

We are looking to appoint a band 6 nurse who is able to offer specialist care to children and young people across the Special Schools in Cwm Taf Morgannwg. The role also involves providing ongoing support and training for a team of special school nurses and health care support workers who provide nursing support to children with additional and complex health needs in the Special School setting.

We are looking for someone who is able to work autonomously is motivated, reliable, innovative but also enjoys working as part of a team. Excellent communication skills are required as working collaboratively with other agencies is essential for this role.

This post is Monday - Friday 9am -5pm but you may be required to work shifts to meet the needs of the Community Children's Nursing Service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within clearly defined occupational policies and be responsible for providing skilled nursing care to children and young people who have complex additional needs and attend either a Special School or an Observation Unit within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

The post holder will work with the child/young person, their parents/carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team to develop specialist programmes of care appropriate to the individual’s needs.

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.

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.

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