Sister / Charge Nurse Community

1. Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties.
2. We are looking for an enthusiastic, assertive and inspirational nurse who has a passion for ensuring the provision of high quality, safe services, with excellent outcomes in a way that delivers efficiencies as well as meeting the service needs and requirements of key stakeholders.
3. If you are an innovative, motivated, experienced nurse with excellent communication skills, someone who is passionate about promoting a culture of learning and sharing good practice in relation to clinical risk, patient safety and has a commitment to patient experience, staff development and service improvement, we would love to hear from you.

An exciting development opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Sister / Charge Nurse to work within our 24 hour service.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, assertive and inspirational nurse who has a passion for ensuring the provision of high quality, safe services, with excellent outcomes in a way that delivers efficiencies as well as meeting the service needs and requirements of key stakeholders. This includes all acute, community, primary care and local authority partners, patients and the public.

Main duties of the job

You will provide strong clinical, professional leadership to the Home First Team as well as having operational responsibility for the delivery of key performance outcomes including prevention of admission, improved patient flow and reduced length of stay. Patient experience, patient safety, clinical governance and regulatory compliance will be an integral part of the role.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the management of a team of Band 2 and 3 HCSW’s and Band 5 registered nurses and will be responsible for the supervision, and teaching of junior staff.

The role will include deputising for the Band 7 Team Leader in their absence.

If you are an innovative, motivated, experienced nurse with excellent communication skills, someone who is passionate about promoting a culture of learning and sharing good practice in relation to clinical risk, patient safety and has a commitment to patient experience, staff development and service improvement, we would love to hear from you.

Hours and patterns of work can be discussed at the interview stage.

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

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through: 

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
• Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
• 48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
• Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
• Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.