Job summary
Band 5 - Staff Nurse - Princess of Wales Hospital Day Medical Unit
This post will be based in the Medical Day Unit at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.
The successful candidate will work autonomously to carry out nursing interventions within the remit of their training and skills for example venepuncture, venesection, cannulation, wound dressings, assembly of medical and surgical equipment and preparations, and administration of specialised prescribed medications and injections.
The ability to be able to perform venepuncture and cannulation would be an advantage as a desirable but not an essential skill as training could be provided.
The advertised post is 15 hours per week with the need on occasion to work flexibly in these hours.
Main duties of the job
The Princess of Wales Hospital is continually striving to improve patients' experiences and outcomes. We are committed to the delivery of excellent patient care.
We are looking for dynamic, forward thinking and committed nurse to join our dedicated team within the Medical Day Unit.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and a passion for delivering high quality person centred care.
We have fantastic opportunities for you to develop your clinical skills and knowledge to undertake comprehensive investigations, blood product transfusion and drug treatments, such as venepuncture, cannulation, venesection, blood and platelet transfusions, immunoglobulins, biologics, endocrine investigations and iron infusions whilst adhering to the Health Board training policies, procedures and guidelines, within the remit of one's own competency level.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see the 'Croeso Candidate' booklet below.
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 description
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.
The Medical Day Unit is a nurse led unit that is open between the hours of 8.00am to 17.00pm that accepts secondary care patient referrals to assess/carry out individualised investigations and/or treatments to patients that can be carried out in a day case setting.
Job description
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.
The Medical Day Unit is a nurse led unit that is open between the hours of 8.00am to 17.00pm that accepts secondary care patient referrals to assess/carry out individualised investigations and/or treatments to patients that can be carried out in a day case setting.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Full adult UK NMC Nursing Registration
Experience
Essential
- Band 5 Staff Nurse experience - Previous experience of working in an acute ward environment
Desirable
- Ability to perform phlebotomy
- Ability to perform cannulation
Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate effective verbal communication skills
- Able to demonstrate autonomous working
- Evidence of effective team working
- Evidence of good interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Welsh language skills Speaking/Listening at Level 3 or above
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Full adult UK NMC Nursing Registration
Experience
Essential
- Band 5 Staff Nurse experience - Previous experience of working in an acute ward environment
Desirable
- Ability to perform phlebotomy
- Ability to perform cannulation
Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Able to demonstrate effective verbal communication skills
- Able to demonstrate autonomous working
- Evidence of effective team working
- Evidence of good interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Welsh language skills Speaking/Listening at Level 3 or above
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
