Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days/Nights)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR057-0225
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Glamorgan Hospital
- Town
- Pontyclun
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff nurse, stroke services
Band 5
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Job overview
We are looking for dynamic, forward thinking and committed nurses to join our dedicated CTM Stroke Wide Service, current base in Royal Glamorgan Hospital where we specialise in acute stroke care and rehabilitation.
The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and a passion for delivering high quality centred care. We have fantastic opportunities for you to develop your clinical skills and knowledge in an environment which is conductive to learning.
Main duties of the job
Nurses will be responsible for giving high quality patient centred care.
Monitor vital signs, including neurological observations.
Identify potential complications.
provide tailored care to individual needs. Including managing swallow difficulties , managing pain, and addressing mobility issues.
Work closely with other healthcare professionals like doctors, therapists and social workers to develop a comprehensive care plan.
Provide patient family education.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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 team
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Nurses will be responsible for giving high quality patient centred care.
Monitor vital signs, including neurological observations.
Identify potential complications.
provide tailored care to individual needs. Including managing swallow difficulties , managing pain, and addressing mobility issues.
Work closely with other healthcare professionals like doctors, therapists and social workers to develop a comprehensive care plan.
Provide patient family education.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Live UK NMC registration
Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working on stroke unit.
- Experience working within a large MDT
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 not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Thomas
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 73325
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