Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hour day shifts & 10 hour night shifts)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR156-0323
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £27,055 - £32,934 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/04/2023 23:59
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.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated registered mental health nurses on PICU, Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. PICU specialises in caring for patients who are experiencing crisis point in their mental health and display evidence of unmanageable presentations for acute admission wards to safely care for. PICU is an assessment and treatment ward for the Bridgend locality however cares for patients from Swansea Bay Health Board also. Candidates should have experience within the field of adult mental health.
Please read the job description for a comprehensive guide to what the job entails, and the personal specification to see what requirements/ skills are required to fulfil the post.
Main duties of the job
This job vacancy is for PICU, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend which is an assessment and treatment ward for patients at crisis point in their mental health. Candidates should have experience within the field of adult mental health. PICU is within Cwm Taf Health Board.
The post holder should have good communication skills and be a team player. PICU has a dedicated team who work collaboratively and thrive on working together and providing the highest standard of care to patients.
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
Experience
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jonathan Gapper
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- Jonathan.Gapper@wales.nhs.uk
- Telephone number
- 01656 752105
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