Job overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY HEALTH BOARD
We are looking for a motivated and skilled Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Community Wound Clinic. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician with strong wound care and tissue viability expertise. In this pivotal role, you will work within the MDT to provide specialist assessment, advice, and advanced wound care interventions. You will support the Clinic Nurse, manage a defined caseload, and contribute to delivering safe, effective, and timely wound healing outcomes. You will also provide leadership to junior staff, support service development, and play an active role in the operational management of the clinic alongside the Team Leader, helping ensure smooth day-to-day service delivery and high clinical standards.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities Include: Providing expert clinical advice and managing complex wound care needs. Leading on caseload management and patient review. Supervising and supporting junior and unqualified staff. Contributing to service management, clinic flow, and operational planning. Participating in training, professional development, and quality improvement initiatives.
We are seeking a proactive and confident practitioner with excellent communication skills, strong clinical decision-making abilities, and a commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse & current NMC Registration
2. Bachelor’s Degree
3. Specialist post graduate qualification or equivalent experience
4. Proficient level of knowledge in clinical speciality
5. Knowledge of service improvement
6. Able to undertake a literature search and critically appraise research papers
Desirable criteria
7. Teaching qualification (or equivalent experience)
8. Advanced clinical skills
9. Non-medical Prescribing
Experience
Essential criteria
10. Relevant experience Experience in the relevant specialty
11. Experience of working in a multiprofessional environment
12. Experience of working with preregistration nursing/midwifery students in a mentorship role
13. Experience of undertaking audit
Desirable criteria
14. Experience of participating in research
15. Experience of participating in practice change
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable