Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

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.

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All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Job overview

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM FOR 12 MONTHS TO COVER MATERNITY LEAVE

We have a 4 bedded Paediatric Bay, 15 bedded majors, 3 bedded Resus and a minor injuries unit. Emergency Unit within the department and welcome applications from Adult and Paediatric nurses.

With strong leadership the day to day experience for our teams is a great one, staff are valued, excellent quality care is provided and the passion for continuous improvement is high. We are extremely proud of the friendly, supportive team ethos that we have here in the Emergency Department at the Princess of Wales Hospital.

As a band 5 nurse you will be able to develop your knowledge and skills in Emergency Nursing throughout majors, rapid assessment, minors and the resuscitation room.

Main duties of the job

The Emergency Department in the Princess of Wales Hospital is a designated Trauma Unit and sees 66,000 patients a year in our department which has 15 trolleys, a 3 bedded resuscitation room and a new 4 bedded Paediatric Emergency Bay.

To join our friendly and dynamic team you will need to be an enthusiastic, energetic, proactive nurse committed to your professional development and that of others.

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

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

Qualifications

• Currently holds valid NMC registration
• Holds valid nursing degree or equivalent qualification

• Currently studying towards nursing degree

Skills

• Demonstrates good communication skills
• Demonstrates experience in MDT communications

• Demonstrates enhanced clinical skills/training
• Able to perform cannulation/phlebotomy
• Demonstrates basic IT skills

Experience

• Previous ED experience

• Previous acute nursing experience

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.