Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our busy and innovative team. We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated Adult and Paediatric Staff Nurses who enjoy a new challenge to come and join our skilled nursing team within our busy Emergency Department. 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.

We offer all our staff a supportive environment in which to develop their career and improve their knowledge and skills through education. The department encourages staff to develop clinically and we provide a Band 5 competency pack supported by our in house clinical educator, there is extensive in house training and access to formal courses. 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 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.

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.

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.