Community Staff Nurse

Job overview

This post is Fixed term/Secondment for 12 months to meet the needs of the service.

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

This is a band 5 community staff nurse post working with the LLyn District Nursing Team. Maternity cover for 12 months

Please note for Welsh students, you must apply via Streamlining where all available jobs can be located.

Are you an experienced registered nurse with vision, drive and endless enthusiasm? Do you thrive on change and a challenge? Then come and join our District Nursing Service which is dynamic, proactive and progressive with a commitment to making a difference for our patients. We believe in developmental and training opportunities for our staff and therefore are currently seeking to recruit highly motivated, passionate Band 5 Community Nurses who are keen to develop and work towards one of the following roles;

• Band 6 District Nurse by undertaking the District Nurse Qualification.
• Chronic Condition Case Manager by undertaking disease specific training to provide evidence based care to those individuals with highly complex needs.
• Nurse Practitioners by undertaking a modular approach to attain the clinical skills required.

Interested candidates are welcome to contact the department for an informal discussion regarding the posts requirements.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will need to have excellent communication skills with an ability to provide clinically effective care within the District Nurse Team. The West Division of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board delivers District Nursing Services across the Counties of Anglesey and Gwynedd working in an integrated way with partner organisations to deliver high quality evidence based care in order to maintain patients in their own homes and communities, averting hospital admissions, empowering the patient towards self management and implementing seamless patient centred care and treatment.

You must be able to travel between patients homes both within towns and rural areas in a timely manner.

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

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.