Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Nurse for Professional Development MHLD
Band 8a
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 post holder will be responsible for working with the Senior Nurses for the MHLD Care Group within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB). They will be responsible for the development of MHLD nursing practice to provide a high quality, safe, effective and innovative service.
The post holder will be responsible for the governance of the education and training of MHLD nurses In CTM UHB. They will provide professional leadership, direction and educational development of nursing staff. The post holder will support the Head of Nursing in ensuring the highest standard of nursing care is provided, monitored and evaluation within the clinical areas of responsibility. |
The post holder will hold an overview of education and training strategy and frameworks to ensure the development and educational needs of individuals and/or groups of staff are met.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality, evidence-based training and education to MHLD nursing professionals who work within the UHB, on an individual or group basis.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will :
- Be a credible clinical leader able to direct, lead and empower nursing staff to ensure a high standard of education and professionalism, in service delivery and that quality, governance and educational objectives are achieved.
- Be responsible for the development, planning, implementation and delivery of new and existing training programmes, in collaboration with the team and unit managers in the emergency care setting within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).
- Have overall responsibility and accountability for the development of educational strategy, frameworks, and educational training programmes for mental health nursing staff and create a positive learning environment to promote clinical excellence within 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.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN MHLD
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Post Reg qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant Band 7 Experience
Desirable criteria
- Teaching/Training Expereince
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
- Lloyd Griffiths
- Job title
- Head of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752947
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