Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan may have just over 1,500 hours of sunshine per year, but staying sun safe is important. Despite presenting us with some great opportunities to enjoy the coastal walks of the Vale or some of the green spaces within the city, the dangers of burning, excessive tanning and the additional risks that can arise on warm, sunny days are important to remember, identify and act upon.

Cardiff or Swansea office

POST NO: SC613

28 hours per week

£24,528 per annum (pro rata) - £19,623pa

CLOSING DATE:  10am – 16 May 2022

The Happiness Fund is available to enable and support projects which improve mental health and wellbeing, inclusion, learning and skills development in local communities.

The £1m We Move Fund: Youth Social Action aims to empower Black children and young people through Youth Social Action.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is supporting the UK Council of Deafness during Deaf Awareness Week (May 2 – 8) to increase the visibility and inclusion of deaf people within our communities.  

The National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) has successfully used a pioneering technique to retrieve organs including a liver originally declined by other centres due to poor function.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board delivers health services for a local population of over 500,000 people and is the main provider of healthcare for the people of South Wales. Our Temporary Staffing Department offers a variety of opportunities across all of our sites, with flexible shifts to fit around your social life and studies, offering a great work-life balance.

Ambitious project ideas to reduce carbon emissions across NHS Wales will be granted a share of £2.4m as part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to tackle climate change.

Listen to the GVS radio show with @broradio on Tuesday 3rd May at 7pm to hear the latest volunteering opportunities and also featuring free legal advice and support for vulnerable people and 3rd sector organisations.

This is the latest briefing from the Welsh NHS Confederation, the national membership body representing all the organisations making up the NHS in Wales.

The briefing highlights examples of innovative practice which have taken place in recent months across NHS Wales to support patients to take charge of their health and care, while providing patient-focused services.

Our Children & Women’s Clinical Board held its annual celebration event on Tuesday 12th April, highlighting some of the fantastic contributions of staff over the past year.

The approach to testing for COVID-19 in hospital settings in Wales has been updated as vaccination has proven to be highly effective at reducing the risk of symptomatic illness, severe disease, hospitalisation and mortality.

An ambitious plan to transform planned care in Wales and cut waiting times over the next four years will be published by Health Minister Eluned Morgan today.

Citizens Advice Cardiff and Vale are delivering free training on Migrants Rights and Entitlements on behalf of Welsh Government.

That’s why I’m writing to you today, to invite you to take part in The Big Plastic Count – the UK’s biggest ever investigation into household plastic waste. It kicks off next month and all you’ll have to do is count your plastic waste for one week, from 16 to 22 May. I’ll be joining in – will you?

Supporting adults with disabilities outdoors

Comic Relief Community Fund in Wales – an easy-to-access grant scheme for community groups in Wales – is now open for applications.

£23,301 to £24,52735 hours per week Tongwynlais, Cardiff (with some home working)
Closing Date: midnight Sunday 15 May 2022
Interview Date: Wednesday 25 May 2022

The Minister for Health and Social Services is looking to appoint a Non-Executive Director (Data and Digital) to join the Public Health Wales Board.

Eight nurses from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board were officially presented with their 2021 RCN Wales Nurse of the Year Awards this week to recognise their outstanding work.