Looked After Children's NurseinAbergavennyinAbergavennyPUBLISHED SAT 22 MAR 2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

Looked After Children's Nurse Band 6,

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Experienced Band 6 Nurse to join the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Looked After Children’s Team in the Monmouthshire area.

The candidate should be a motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Level 6 Nurse. They will have excellent knowledge and skills of working with children, young people and their carers.

The post holder will have responsibility for assessing the health needs of Looked After Children in any part of ABUHB or outside Gwent in either their placement address or in a clinic setting. They will require excellent communication and documentation skills and will work as part of multidisciplinary team to promote and support the protection, health and wellbeing of Looked After Children using statutory guidance, legislation and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board policies and procedures.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:-

• Have professional responsibility for assessing the health needs of Looked after Children. This will include assessing, implementing and evaluating health care offered to children.
• Have a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to promote and support the protection, health and wellbeing of children looked after, statutory guidance, legislation and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) policies and protocols.
  
  

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

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• registered experience nurse (working at band 6 level - 5 years or more experience at band 5 level)
  
  

Desirable criteria

• additional qualifications and experience
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Sufficient community experience working with children and young people
  
  

Desirable criteria

• multi agency working
• experience of working with foster carers and LAC/YP
  
  

knowledge and skills

Essential criteria

• evidence of continuous professional development
• knowledge of current safeguarding and Looked After Children issues
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Previous participation in clinical supervision
• I.T skills