Acute Medical Staff Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
Acute Medical Staff Nurse - POW
AMU areprivileged to have expanded our existing team of hard-working nurses and health care support workers, across both the Acute Medical and Acute Care of the Elderly Units. If you are dedicated, motivated and enjoy a challenge or would like to be part of a dynamic, hard working and friendly team then we urge you to apply!
We want to invest in you, your education and your development. We aim to send all of our nurses on Advanced Life Support (ALS) and support your learning and educational needs by sending you on courses in the University of South Wales. We will offer a flexible approach to work as best as we can with your off duty requests as we acknowledge the need for having a healthy work life balance ensures the team are happy, which in turn ensures our patients receive the safest and most efficient care.
Main duties of the job
In your first few months we will ensure that you are trained in many skills that you will need. This includes cannulation and phlebotomy, male and female catheterisation , POC testing, blood transfusion and sampling, ILS , medicines management and IV drugs administration as well as progressing on to triage and assessment skills when you have sufficient experience. A period of time will be given for you to work with your mentor in preparation of your new role working in both AMU/ACE on a rotational basis.
We have extended our bed base and have also extended the service we offer our patients. We have had significant investment in to Care of the Elderly, with a dedicated team of Consultants and Advanced Clinical Practitioners who work with us as we provide excellent care for our patients. In addition to this service we pride ourselves on providing a "Same Day Emergency Care" service, this prevents hospital admissions and has speedy access to investigations.
About us
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
Job 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
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a ward environment
Desirable
- Taken charge of ward/department
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development; Ability to demonstrate responsibilities under NMC Code of Conduct
Desirable
- IV devices; IV additives; ILS
Registration
Essential
- Active UK NMC registration
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Princess of Wales Hospital
Coity Road
Bridgend
CF31 1RQ
