Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

JOB OF THE WEEK | Learning Disability Liaison Nurse for Children and Young People | Band 6 An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Registered Nurse in Learning Disability (RNLD) to join the developing CALDS (Child and Adolescent Learning Disability Service), a community-based team within the Children, Young People (CYP) and Family Health Service. This individual will be based with CALDS, liaising into hospital settings as the LD Liaison nurse. They will also hold a small caseload of community-based work supporting with access to health care. Find out more and apply: https://orlo.uk/jri5y #TrainWorkLive #NHSJobs #CAVJobs #JOTW

We are so proud to have played a pivotal role in the organisation of the summit which saw the launch of the Commonwealth Young Health Leaders Fellowship and the Commonwealth Leadership Institute (Health). These ground-breaking initiatives, developed in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat and other key partners, aim to address critical health challenges across the World. Alongside our partners, our team’s expertise was instrumental in bringing this vision to fruition. Read more about this significant milestone in global healthcare: https://lnkd.in/gpqu-s7T #CardiffandValeUHB #DragonsHeartInstitute #Commonwealth #GlobalHealth #HealthInnovation #LeadershipDevelopment #HealthEquity #Wellbeing #Wales #UK #NHS

Physiotherapy Technician Rob Skellett is passionate about the planet. 15 years ago, working on the trauma wards at the University Hospital of Wales, he noticed that used crutches, walking sticks and walking frames were being thrown away rather than reused. The waste didn’t sit well with him. “We can’t be throwing these things away,” he thought and so single-handedly he began refurbishing them and campaigning to change the practice. “Recycling wasn’t the thing to do back then, but I knew it was the right thing to do. I had to believe in it and fight to do it. Personally, I’m really pleased where we are now”. Rob is now the Walking Aids Manager running Cardiff and Vale UHB’s Walking Aids Recycling Scheme, which in June was awarded the ‘Spread and Scale’ Award at the NHS Wales Sustainability Awards. “I felt proud to receive the award”, he said. “I am passionate about sustainability so it pleased me more than any other award would’ve done.” Rob describes himself as “an outdoors guy”. “I fish, I love my dogs, I love being in nature. I love our planet. But we’re in such a mess with it. Any little thing I can do to help I want to do. And I can through my job.” Six years ago, his recycling mission expanded through meeting one of the managers of Cardiff’s HM Probation Service in the corridor at University Hospital of Llandough. Rob said to him, “Pity you can’t do the walking aids. I’m forever refurbishing walking aids!”. Through that encounter a partnership was established. Last year, with the help of the HM Probation Service, 1943 walking aids were returned and refurbished, 1799 crutches and 208 walking sticks. “This year we’re on course to save about £60k”, he said. Thank you Rob 👏 🌍 https://orlo.uk/QfVl0

Looking for advice on contraception? Your Community Pharmacy can help. 🧑⚕️ Your community pharmacist is able to provide sexual health advice, and offers over-the-counter products such as condoms, pregnancy tests and emergency contraception. Some community pharmacists across Cardiff and the Vale are also able to provide routine oral contraception, without the need to visit your GP first. 💊 Pharmacist Hayley Jones, from Cyncoed Pharmacy, talks about the oral contraception service, how this can be accessed and what you can expect when you attend an appointment.👇 https://orlo.uk/ZY8F3

#JOBS | Take a look at some of the exciting roles we have available this week ⬇️ Nursing and Midwifery 🔷https://orlo.uk/h4nzH 🔷https://orlo.uk/Ga4fj 🔷https://orlo.uk/ZJ4vI Health Professionals 🔷https://orlo.uk/VbgQw 🔷https://orlo.uk/Ov0dn Medical and Dental 🔷https://orlo.uk/Sehgn 🔷 https://orlo.uk/tH37M Administrative Services 🔷https://orlo.uk/LJjFW 🔷https://orlo.uk/3r7O4 Health Science Services 🔷https://orlo.uk/aM1ey 🔷https://orlo.uk/f7Uol ➡️ https://orlo.uk/svN7k #NHSJobs #CAVJobs

Jenny Rathbone, MS for Cardiff Central was warmly welcomed to The Hangout this morning. This innovative partnership between Platfform and Cardiff and Vale UHB, in Cardiff city centre, is giving young people easy access to mental health support. Based at 24-26 Churchill Way, young people aged 11-18 can walk in and have a chat, hang out, play games, join groups and do creative activities at their own pace, in comfortable surroundings. https://orlo.uk/wdBel

JOB OF THE WEEK | Deputy Sister/Charge Nurse | Band 6 Are you a motivated and passionate nurse who is interested in working in an innovative, fast-paced chemotherapy setting? If so we’d love to hear from you. This exciting and dynamic nursing post will support people with haematological conditions from across Mid and South Wales. Staff in this friendly and supportive team develop a wide range of advanced skills and knowledge by rotating between the 3 main areas of Day-care in UHW, UHL and the ‘Offsite Nurse-Led Chemotherapy Service’. Find out more and apply 🔗⬇️ #TrainWorkLive #NHSJobs #CAVJobs #JOTW

It's #PlasticFreeJuly. Throughout the year, teams across Cardiff and Vale UHB are looking for ways to reduce the amount of plastic they use. Progress made includes 🔵 using sterilised metal specula instead of single-use plastic ones in the Department of Sexual Health (as shown by Dr Rachel Drayton below), 🔵 reducing the amount of suction tubing wasted in theatre and recovery within the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales, 🔵 switching from drinking bottled water to tap water in Adult Critical Care, and 🔵 recycling walking aids in Physiotherapy. It is one way our teams are acting for the future.

#JOBS | Take a look at some of the exciting roles we have available this week ⬇️ Nursing and Midwifery 🔷https://orlo.uk/nOc3n 🔷https://orlo.uk/JXriZ 🔷https://orlo.uk/3Pw1T Health Professionals 🔷https://orlo.uk/i378T 🔷https://orlo.uk/nMwf1 Medical and Dental 🔷https://orlo.uk/9bvA0 🔷https://orlo.uk/Pbe6e 🔷https://orlo.uk/xsgrd Administrative Services 🔷https://orlo.uk/859Hu 🔷https://orlo.uk/wvyTF Health Science Services 🔷https://orlo.uk/6LjAE 🔷https://orlo.uk/31uPX ➡️ https://orlo.uk/pJGSd #NHSJobs #CAVJobs

Congratulations to the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, who won two awards at the Arts and Business Cymru Awards. 👏 The Arts in Health Programme was awarded as a winner in two highly contested categories – winning the Arts, Business and Health category, and the Sony Business of the Year overall finalist award. 🏆 A fantastic acknowledgement of the impact arts has on patients, colleagues and those involved in community partnership groups, and a testament to the work of the teams involved. Partnerships include the Forget me Not Chorus, Calon Chorus, Motion Control Dance, Rubicon Dance and all of the staff and patients who contribute to the programmes, where the work of the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity makes a difference to their health and wellbeing. ❤️