About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical nurse specialist role within the Adult Nutrition Support Team in the field of artificial nutrition support. The successful candidate will be based at UHW but will be required to provide cover across both UHW and UHL hospital sites. The ability to work as part of a team is essential to this role .
The post-holder will work as part of the Adult Nutrition Support Team supporting the range of secondary and tertiary care across all adult service clinical boards. A significant element of the role is education and training for patients and staff in relation to the safe delivery of artificial nutrition.
Interested candidates must have excellent communication skills, enjoy MDT working and have experience of artificial nutrition. Interested candidates should ideally have experience of feeding tube management e.g Nasogastric tubes, naso-intestinal tubes, gastrostomy tubes and jejunostomy tubes, parenteral nutrition.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the post includes pre-assessment of all patients referred for Artificial Nutrition Support, insertion of nasal bridles, insertion of balloon retained gastrostomy tubes, traction removal of PEG tubes, setting up/disconnecting parenteral nutrition, patient/carer training and education relating to Artificial Nutrition Support, care of enteral feeding tubes and the delivery of UHB wide training programmes.
To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient care using a holistic and individualised approach, based on the principles of best practice and clinical effectiveness.
Key working relationships will be with the Cardiff and Vale UHB Nutrition Support Team , Clinical Nurse Specialists, Community Nursing and Dietetic teams as well as the hospital based Multi-Disciplinary teams.
You will actively be involved in the audit and quality and safety agenda of the department and the UHB.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job description Job 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
First level nurse registration Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable
Teaching and assessing in clinical practice/teaching qualification
Experience Essential
Demonstrable experience in relevant speciality
Desirable
Experience of managing own caseload in relevant speciality
Skills Essential
Evidence of excellent communication skills(verbal and written) Evidence of ability to work independently Demonstrate ability to influence within and outside of service, across multi / inter disciplinary groups. Evidence of ability to work within a team
Desirable
Involvement in audit and research
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address Services Accommodation Centre
University Hospital of Wales
Cardiff
CF14 4XW
Employer's website https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)