Primary Care Nurse in Chronic Conditions Management

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and passionate Primary Care Nurse to join the Bridgend East Cluster. The Cluster includes five GP surgeries, covering a population of approximately 83,689 patients and works collaboratively alongside other Primary Care Contractors, Healthcare professionals, Third Sector, and the Local Authority. The Primary Care Nurse will work within the cluster multi-disciplinary team, providing a domiciliary service for the co-ordination, management and monitoring of the care of the housebound patients with long-term chronic illnesses (heart disease, COPD and diabetes). The emphasis of this role will be on service quality, through the optimisation of care where multi-morbidity exists, with the aim of maximising wellbeing, self-empowerment, quality of life and mobility. Although this role aims to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, its primary focus will be to improve the quality of care for this group of patients by providing a structured programme of monitoring. If you are dynamic, organised, work well within the multidisciplinary team and have an interest in developing a career in Primary Care, would like to hear from you. An induction programme and development/training opportunities will be offered., The range of assigned tasks will be carried out with the highest standard to support and enable qualified staff to provide patient care, which reflects the quality of standards and values and behaviours of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).The post holder will be required to carry out a range of assigned tasks involving direct and indirect care for the benefit of the patient/client in accordance with agreed protocols. The range of responsibilities will involve rotation as appropriate to the needs of the service, and will include the provision of clinical sessions across a number of chronic conditions including cluster or UHB projects. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all policies and procedures are observed, and meet CTMUHB requirements contained in the Health and Safety Policy. Will also be expected to assist in development of policies relevant to specialty.

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

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.