Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-NMR564-1224
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Hospital
- Town
- Tonypandy
- Salary
- £30,420 - £37,030 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse, Ward A1, Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda
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
Would you like to work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team who have an innovative and solution focused approach to patient care.
If yes?
This is an exciting opportunity for band 5 Staff Nurses to join our forward-thinking nursing team on Ward A1 in Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda, Community Hospital.
The hospital supports patients' rehabilitation needs and complex discharge planning. Ward A1 is a 27 bedded ward, with a mixture of medical patients.
Ward A1 provides a safe environment where patients can receive rehabilitation assessments, along with focused therapy to support independence before they can return home or to their new discharge destination.
Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda is continuously expanding its services and we require staff nurses who have the ambition to help drive these changes and help expand the service we offer.
Commitment to undertake ongoing training and development is essential. We offer ward-based training so you should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change.
We are able to offer both full and part-time posts within our team.
Knowing that you’re making a difference to people’s lives is rewarding in itself, but our role offers much more than that. As well as helping you grow and develop your talent, we want you to feel proud of where you work and what you do.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- Be responsible for the management a group of patients, and occasionally take charge of the ward/department, and its resources for the duration of their duty.
- Be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care
- Be responsible for ensuring that all policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Be responsible for the support and supervision of junior staff.
- Be responsible for maintaining accurate, current, comprehensive and concise records concerning the condition of the client, in accordance with NMC Standards for Record & Record Keeping and the UHB’s Patient Record Policy.
- Liaise with the appropriate Clinical Specialists i.e. Doctors, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Clinical Nurse Specialists, in relation to individual patient requirements and planned programmes of care.
We would like to hear from you if you can demonstrate your passion and commitment to the provision of high quality patient centered care. You will be able to work as part of a large multi disciplinary team, demonstrating excellent communication skills and an ability to work effectively with the ward team in a very busy and fast paced environment to deliver excellent standards of patient care.
If you are motivated to deliver high standards of care and have the personal qualities and characteristics we are looking for then this could be the post for you.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh 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
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
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in a ward environment
Desirable criteria
- Taken charge of ward/department
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Hill
- Job title
- Deputy Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 430022
- Additional information
Rebekah Thomas
Senior Nurse
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