Job summary
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
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.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 staff nurse to join our dedicated Urology service at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
We are looking for someone who is motivated, enthusiastic and can deliver patient-centred care in line with the values and behaviours of the University health board. The successful candidate will need to be NMC registered, however, Urology experience is not essential and all training pertinent to the role will be provided.
Clinical duties will include
- Supporting Nurse led flow rate clinics and undertaking bladder scans
- Supporting nurse led clinics for Intermittent Self catheterization and Intermittent Self Dilatation, including Insertion / reinsertion of urethral and suprapubic catheters
- Assisting Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) with trial without Catheter clinics
- Providing specialist advice and support to patients during Flexible Cystoscopy and other diagnostic procedures (i.e. urodynamic studies, prostate biopsies (LAPPB), venepuncture)
- Supporting Nurse led bladder intravesical therapy clinics
- Making appropriate referrals to other health professionals
- Providing a telephone resource for patients, District Nurses and GPs
- Making referrals to District Nurse and Continence Prescription Service
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be based at the Princess of Wales Hospital, however, will be required to work across all sites as and when required in accordance with the needs of the service.
We are looking to recruit an Innovative individual who is a team player, who has excellent assessment, management and communication skills, and is willing to learn and work within a constantly changing environment. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver clinical excellence within the Urology team.
The successful candidate will support and assist in various clinics and once trained and confident will carry out nurse led clinics, support Consultant Outpatient clinics, will assist in procedures such as Flexible Cystoscopies, Urodynamic Studies and Prostate Biopsies. They will carry out and support the decontamination of equipment used according to the WHTM 01-06 guidelines.
Are you interested in this role?
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
Registration
Essential criteria
- UK NMC Registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous Nursing Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in urology setting
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
- Tiffany Ashcroft-Morgan
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 752752
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