Clinical Nurse Specialist in HIV Care

1. Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. 
2. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and innovative nurse to join our Integrated Sexual Health team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in HIV Care.
3. The post holder will be expected to undertake assessment, and management for people living with HIV, including prescription management.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and innovative nurse to join our Integrated Sexual Health team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in HIV Care. In conjunction with the Senior Nurse & Team managers, the post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality patient centered care for clients attending the Integrated Sexual Health Services of Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board (CTMUHB) and clients residing in HMP Parc in Bridgend.

The post includes liaising with professional colleagues in other disciplines and with other statutory and voluntary organisations.

The post holder will be involved in the development of local guidance, working in line with Welsh Government Legislation and HIV action plans, as well as FastTrack Cymru.

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

Main Duties Of The Job:

Be an experienced specialist practitioner with expert knowledge and skills, within the field of Integrated Sexual Health Practice and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

Will have direct clinical involvement, be responsible for the management of a caseload of clients living with HIV, and be the lead specialist in this field, working as an autonomous practitioner.

Provide highly specialist care, treatment, advice, information, education and counselling, to patients/carers living with or affected by HIV / AIDS, in accordance with British HIV Association (BHIVA), British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BHIVA) and Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health [FSRH] National Guidelines.

Work within the legal responsibilities of the Venereal Diseases Regulations 1974 and the N.H.S. Trust Act 1991, and in addition will appropriately address client’s contraceptive and reproductive needs.

Work to Patient Group and Patient Specific Directions (PGD/PSDs).

Contribute to the multi-disciplinary team, caring for patients living with HIV, and will be or become a non–medical prescriber to enhance the role and provide holistic patient care.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities:

The post holder is expected to undertake clinical duties for approximately 70% of the role. This will include indirect clinical duties such as liaison, care-coordination, and direct clinical supervision of other nurses in the HIV clinical area. 

The post holder will be expected to undertake assessment, and management for people living with HIV, including prescription management.

Person Specification:

Qualifications / Knowledge

Essential Criteria:

• Registered Nurse.
• Educated to Master’s Degree Level or working towards or skills, knowledge and experience to its equivalency.
• Advanced working knowledge of physical and psycho-social needs of patients living with HIV.
• Non-medical prescriber or be prepared to undertake qualification, and experience of using PGD's
• CSW Smear Takers Course.
• Venepuncture.
• STIF Course.
• Family Planning Certificate / FSRH Diploma.
• In-depth knowledge of this specialist clinical field.

Desirable Criteria:

• Teaching and Assessing qualification.
• Counselling course.
• HIV course.
• Change Management Qualification.

Experience:

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of working in sexual health.
• Experience of training and education in specialist field and competent to deliver training programmes.
• Experience of carrying out clinical audit including co-ordination, evaluation and service development.
• Evidence of leadership / management experience.
• Experience of managing a caseload of complex patients.
• Experience of planning workload of other team members to ensure service delivery.
• Experience of supervising junior staff and students.

Desirable Criteria:

• Evidence of effectively leading a project or service developments.
• Experience of providing nurse-led care for people with HIV.

Skills & Attributes:

Essential Criteria:

• Able to plan and prioritise a complex and unpredictable caseload efficiently.
• Manage the conflicting demands of the role.
• Able to lead on agreed projects, develop project plans and evaluation.
• Able to lead on case conferences or professionals meetings for patients with complex specialist needs.
• Able to provide holistic autonomous nurse-led care and experience of managing a caseload of complex patients.
• Competent in computer skills including use of clinic databases, spreadsheets, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other clinical support systems.
• Effective delegation skills.
• Skill to supervise / mentor and carry out appraisals of new/less experienced staff.
• Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.

Desirable Criteria:

• Ability to provide HIV specialist advice for patient care issues.

Other Role Requirements:

Essential Criteria:

• Excellent Communication Skills
• Works well as part of a Team
• Organised and Enthusiastic
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Ability to work under pressure
• Autonomous and uses own initiative
• Confident and assertive with excellent skills of negotiation
• Ability to travel across CTMUHB geographical area in a timely manner.
• Pleasant and Approachable

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 tea

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.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 33.75 hours per week (Monday - Friday with flexible working to include evenings (Full time hours can be discussed on appointment))