Assistant Divisional Nurse - Scheduled Care

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, dynamic and experienced individual to join the Divisional Nurse team for Scheduled Care within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

The Assistant Divisional Nurse will help lead the operational, strategic and professional agenda alongside the Head of Nursing and Divisional Nurse, demonstrating strong leadership skills. The Assistant Divisional Nurse is responsible for supporting the Head of Nursing and Divisional Nurse, managing their delegated responsibility for the financial, physical and human resources within Scheduled Care. They will be an integral part of the Senior Nursing and Senior Management Team within Scheduled Care division, driving and supporting the strategic direction of nursing.

Key aspects of this role will be supporting the implementation of the corporate nursing agenda along with the developing divisional priorities

The successful candidate will show passion for patient centred care, staff development and service improvement.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Divisional Nurse role will provide strong clinical and professional leadership, being a clearly visible and supportive role model and professionally accountable for the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care, and the successful individual, alongside the divisional nurse, will take a lead in driving forward a positive culture of robust governance and service improvement.

To succeed in this role, you will need to inspire and motivate a diverse and specialist workforce, including surgery, critical care, theatres and Orthopaedics, build excellent relationships through good communication skills and have a strong eye for detail and for professional standards. You must be willing to embrace a broad range of new challenges and possess the knowledge and drive to create and deliver innovative opportunities for service delivery and patient care.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post. Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.