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Hywel Dda University Health Board
Community Continuing Care Team Sister/Charge Nurse
Carmarthen On-site 5-10 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 2,450 employees
Registered NurseClinical LeadershipCare CoordinationPalliative CareEnd of Life Care
Requirements
Applicants must be experienced Registered Nurses (RN/RMN) currently employed by Hywel Dda University Health Board. Candidates should possess strong clinical, leadership, and communication skills to manage complex care pathways.
Job Description
Job Overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY HYWEL DDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD.
Become a part of a developing service at the forefront of community-based Continuing Healthcare, Palliative and End of Life Care in Carmarthenshire. We are looking for experienced and motivated Registered Nurses (RN/RMN) to undertake a innovative Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse role that combines community outreach with acute hospital in-reach.
Working across community and acute settings, you will play a pivotal role in early identification, assessment, care coordination, discharge planning and clinical decision-making, helping people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
We are looking for dynamic nurses with excellent clinical, leadership and communication skills who are passionate about delivering person-centred care and improving outcomes for people with complex, life-limiting conditions. You will provide senior clinical oversight to support safe delegation, governance, and workforce development, while working closely with multidisciplinary teams, families and partner organisations to deliver seamless care across care pathways.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a developing seven-day service that supports people to remain in their preferred place of care, prevents unnecessary hospital admissions and enhances the experience of patients and families at the end of life.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will combine expert clinical practice with leadership, care coordination and service development responsibilities across the Carmarthenshire Continuing Care Team.
Working across both acute and community settings, the post holder will support individuals with Continuing Healthcare needs, complex long-term conditions, and palliative and end of life care requirements. This includes hospital in-reach activities to facilitate early identification, timely Continuing Healthcare and Fast Track processes, coordinated discharge planning and seamless transitions of care from hospital to home.
Within the community, you will provide senior clinical oversight, assessment and care coordination, supporting proactive care planning, complex decision-making and multidisciplinary working to help people remain in their preferred place of care wherever possible.
You will provide clinical leadership and supervision, promoting safe delegation, governance and workforce development, while supporting Nursing Support Workers and colleagues to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. Working collaboratively with community teams, specialist services and patient flow teams, you will contribute to improving patient outcomes, experience and service responsiveness across a seven-day service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews to be held on 04/08/2026
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff, and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.
By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY HYWEL DDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD.
Become a part of a developing service at the forefront of community-based Continuing Healthcare, Palliative and End of Life Care in Carmarthenshire. We are looking for experienced and motivated Registered Nurses (RN/RMN) to undertake a innovative Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse role that combines community outreach with acute hospital in-reach.
Working across community and acute settings, you will play a pivotal role in early identification, assessment, care coordination, discharge planning and clinical decision-making, helping people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
We are looking for dynamic nurses with excellent clinical, leadership and communication skills who are passionate about delivering person-centred care and improving outcomes for people with complex, life-limiting conditions. You will provide senior clinical oversight to support safe delegation, governance, and workforce development, while working closely with multidisciplinary teams, families and partner organisations to deliver seamless care across care pathways.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a developing seven-day service that supports people to remain in their preferred place of care, prevents unnecessary hospital admissions and enhances the experience of patients and families at the end of life.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will combine expert clinical practice with leadership, care coordination and service development responsibilities across the Carmarthenshire Continuing Care Team.
Working across both acute and community settings, the post holder will support individuals with Continuing Healthcare needs, complex long-term conditions, and palliative and end of life care requirements. This includes hospital in-reach activities to facilitate early identification, timely Continuing Healthcare and Fast Track processes, coordinated discharge planning and seamless transitions of care from hospital to home.
Within the community, you will provide senior clinical oversight, assessment and care coordination, supporting proactive care planning, complex decision-making and multidisciplinary working to help people remain in their preferred place of care wherever possible.
You will provide clinical leadership and supervision, promoting safe delegation, governance and workforce development, while supporting Nursing Support Workers and colleagues to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. Working collaboratively with community teams, specialist services and patient flow teams, you will contribute to improving patient outcomes, experience and service responsiveness across a seven-day service.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews to be held on 04/08/2026
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff, and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.
By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).
These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)
If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Education
Professional Certificate
Skills
Registered NurseClinical LeadershipCare CoordinationPalliative CareEnd of Life CareDischarge PlanningClinical Decision-MakingGovernanceWorkforce DevelopmentMultidisciplinary TeamworkPatient AssessmentContinuing HealthcareClinical OversightCommunication Skills
About Hywel Dda University Health Board
Mae Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda yn darparu gwasanaethau gofal iechyd GIG i bobl sy’n byw yn Sir Gâr, Sir Benfro a Cheredigion, a siroedd sy’n ffinio. Mae gennym dros 13,000 o staff a gyda’n gilydd rydym yn darparu gwasanaethau cynradd, cymuned, yn yr ysbyty, iechyd meddwl ac anghenion dysgu. Gweithiwn mewn partneriaeth gyda’r tri awdurdod lleol, yn ogystal â chydweithwyr cyhoeddus, preifat a trydydd sector, a hefyd ein tîm o wirfoddolwyr gwerthfawr. Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services. We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers. Thinking of joining us? Contact us with recruiting queries on RecruitmentCampaigns.hdd@wales.nhs.uk
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